tarI.
, prep. [in pronom. contain, tarm, tart, tairis (m.), tairse and tairste (f.), tarainn, taraibh, tarsa, the t is now genly. pron. as if aspirated, and the forms thort, etc., are somet. used; before the article somet. it becomes tars], beyond, over, across, above, past, by, round, through, over and above; in spite of, in preference to, rather than, notwithstanding, over the head of; tar ais, tar n-ais, back, backwards; tar m' ais, back, backwards (on my part); tar cheann, instead of, in preference to, beyond, besides, for the sake of, moreover; dul tar a cheann, to take his place; tar cheann go, notwithstanding, though, although, despite; tar éis, 'réis, after (in time), past, afterwards; tar éis mar, after that; dul tar, to transgress, exceed; tar a chéile, crosswise (e.g. of the hands); tar gach nídh, above all; tar a chosc, in spite of his forbidding; do thoghas tusa tar na manchaibh eile, I chose thee over the heads of the other monks (Kea., T.S.); teacht tar, to come upon, speak of, refer to; trácht tar, id., ná bíodh aon teacht tairis agat, keep it secret, do not speak of it; tar mar ba ghábhadh dham, beyond what I had need of; scaoil thart é, let him pass, do not take any notice of his action: tar déithibh na cruinne, léan ort-sa, a Chúipid, ruin seize thee, O Cupid, beyond the gods of the world; rachad anonn tar sáile, I will cross the sea; tar abhainn, across the river (with verb of motion); ní aithneochainn tar a chéile iad, I could not distinguish one from another; ghabhas thairis, I panned him (on the road); thabharfainn an Bíobla, a bhfuil fé agus thairis, I would swear by the Bible, and by all that is beneath and beyond it (song); chuireas mo lámh anonn thairis, I stretched my hand across him; ní rachainn tairis mar bhiadh, I think it good enough as food; tart (thart) is used impersonally or absolutely in U. and in parts of C., and thort in Clare; tá sé sin thart, that is past; tá an cioth thort, the shower is over (Clare); in M. one says, an tsachtmhain seo ghabh tarainn, last week; tórsa, tórsta is often used for tarsa, esp. in poet.
II.
or tig
, v., imper. of tigim; tar uait (or tar leat), come on, come along, come away; tar anuas, get off (a horse, etc.), dismount; tar slán, come safe, welcome, bravo.