Dair
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Dair is the Irish name of the seventh letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚇ, meaning "oak". The Template:Langx (Early Template:Langx) is related to Welsh Script error: No such module "Lang". and to Breton Script error: No such module "Lang".. Its Proto-Indo-European root was *dóru ("tree"), possibly a deadjectival noun of *deru-, *drew- ("hard, firm, strong, solid"). Its phonetic value is [d].[1]
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:
Script error: No such module "Lang". - "highest tree" in the Word Ogham of Morann mic Moín
Script error: No such module "Lang". - "handicraft of a craftsman" in the Word Ogham of Mac ind Óc
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References
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- ↑ Auraicept na n-Éces Calder, George, Edinburgh, John Grant (1917), reprint Four Courts Press (1995), Template:ISBN