a-steach
Irish edit
Adverb edit
a-steach
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish istech (literally “into the house”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
a-steach
- in, inside, inwards (implies movement)
- Thigibh a-steach, a chàirdean.
- Come in, friends.
- Thiginn a-steach a-rithist ged a chuirteadh a-mach mi.
- I would come in again though I were put out.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Scottish Gaelic adverbs of direction and position
| Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Motion from |
|---|---|---|---|
| above, up | suas | shuas | a-nuas |
| below, down | sìos | shìos | a-nìos |
| east | an ear, sear | ||
| west | an iar, siar | ||
| north | a tuath | ||
| south | a deas | ||
| over there | a-null, a-nunn | thall | a-nall, a-bhos |
| over here | a-nall, a-bhos | a-bhos | a-null, a-nunn |
| abroad | a-null thairis | thall thairis | a-nall thairis |
| inside | a-steach | a-staigh | — |
| outside | a-mach | a-muigh | — |
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “istech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language