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sair

Dialect
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Sair means sore or painful, often used to express deep emotional distress.

Detailed Definition
In Scots, 'sair' conveys a sense of pain or sorrow, both physically and emotionally. It is often used in literature to express the intensity of grief or heartache, as seen in the context of the poem where the speaker experiences profound loss and longing.
Example
Example in poetry:
"O sair, sair did we greet" sore; enhanced: "O sair, sair did we greet, and mickle say of a'; lament"; Scottish grief; contemporary: "Sair hearts heal"; educational: "Sair painful in Burns."
Additional Notes
The term 'sair' captures the emotional weight of the speaker's grief in the poem.; Found in the poem, Auld Robin Gray by Lady Anne Lindsay
Also Known As
sore grievous painful
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