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'''Dair''' is the [[Irish language|Irish]] name of the seventh letter of the [[Ogham]] alphabet, ᚇ, meaning "[[oak]]". The {{langx|sga|dair}} (Early {{langx|sga|daur}}) is related to [[Welsh language|Welsh]] {{lang|cy|derw(en)}} and to [[Breton language|Breton]] {{lang|br|derv(enn)}}. Its [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] root was ''*dóru'' ("tree"), possibly a deadjectival noun of ''*deru-'', ''*drew-'' ("hard, firm, strong, solid"). Its phonetic value is [d].<ref>{{cite book | title=A Guide to Ogam | last= McManus |first = Damian | year = 1991 | series = Maynooth Monographs | volume =4 | isbn= 1-870684-75-3 | issn = 0790-8806 | publisher = An Sagart | location = Co. Kildare, Ireland |page =37 | quote= This letter name clearly corresponds to Old Irish ''dair/daur'', gen. ''daro'' 'oak-tree', Welsh ''derw(en)'' 'oak-tree(s)' from the root *''deru-'', whence the value /d/.}}</ref>

Dair forms the basis of some first names in Irish Gaelic such as Daire, Dara, Darragh and Daragh.

==Bríatharogam==
In the medieval kennings, called ''[[Bríatharogam]]'' or ''Word Ogham'' the verses associated with ''Dair'' are:

{{lang|ga|ardam dosae}} - "highest tree" in the Word Ogham of ''Morann mic Moín''

{{lang|ga|grés soír}} - "handicraft of a craftsman"  in the Word Ogham of ''Mac ind Óc''

{{lang|ga|slechtam soíre}} - "most carved of craftsmanship"  in the Word Ogham of ''Culainn''.<ref>[[Auraicept na n-Éces]] Calder, George, Edinburgh, John Grant (1917), reprint Four Courts Press (1995), {{ISBN|1-85182-181-3}}</ref>

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[[Category:Ogham letters]]


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