i mbárach
Irish edit
Adverb edit
i mbárach
- Classical/deprecated spelling of amárach
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From bárach, from Proto-Celtic *bāregos (“morning”) (compare Welsh bore (“morning”)). Folk etymology derives it from am ba árach (“cow tying time”) when cows were milked once each day.
Adverb edit
Descendants edit
- Irish: amárach
- Manx: mairagh
- Scottish Gaelic: a-màireach
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bárach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language