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Dair is the Irish name of the seventh letter of the Ogham alphabet, (unicode:ᚇ), meaning "oak", which is related to Welsh ''derw(en)'' and to Breton ''derv(enn)''. Its Proto-Indo-European root was *''(unicode:deru-)'' 'oak'. Its phonetic value is (). 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: ardam dosae - "highest tree" in the Word Ogham of ''Morann mic Moín'' grés soír - "handicraft of a craftsman" in the Word Ogham of ''Mac ind Óc'' slechtam soíre - "most carved of craftsmanship" in the Word Ogham of ''Culainn''.〔Auraicept na n-Éces Calder, George, Edinburgh, John Grant (1917), reprint Four Courts Press (1995), ISBN 1-85182-181-3〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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