monuar
Irish edit
Etymology edit
- Middle Irish mo + n- + úarán "my wellspring"[1]
Interjection edit
monuar
- (literary) alas
- 1653 "Tuireamh Philip meic Aodha Uí Raghallaigh", in Poems of the O'Reillys, ed. James Carney (Dublin 1950) p. 139
- Mo chreach is mo léun thú, a Bhéul Átha na Cairrge,
tairnig do ré ó thréigis h'annsacht,
beannacht uaim monuar ar h'anmuin
's maith fhuairis, a nuachair Fhearghna.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2002 Bo Almqvist "An Bráthair Liam P. Ó Caithnia (1925-2001)" Béaloideas no. 70 p. 216
- Monuar mar a d'fhág an bás sinn in uireasa dea-laoch, an Br Ó Caithnia, duine de phríomhéigis Éireann.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2011 May, Maitiú de Hál, "Thall is Abhus : Konichiwa mar atá tú?" Beo.ie no. 121
- Is cuimhin liom go maith an uair dheiridh a raibh Éire ag imirt i gCorn an Domhain (2002 monuar!) go raibh na meáin chraolta is cló breac le beannachtaí ar nós Konichiwa agus Sayonara.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1653 "Tuireamh Philip meic Aodha Uí Raghallaigh", in Poems of the O'Reillys, ed. James Carney (Dublin 1950) p. 139
Usage notes edit
Sometimes left untranslated in English-language translations or representations of Irish-language speech; e.g.
- George Harley Kirk, "An Incident of the Twelfth of July" in Poems and Essays p. 101 (Dublin : John F. Fowler) 1863
- "Monuar!" I said, "he persecutes
- Those who would set him free—
- Those who have tried long to erase
- Dark Destiny's decree".
- "Monuar!" I said, "he persecutes
- M. L. O'Byrne, Art M'Morrough O'Cavanagh, Prince of Leinster (Dublin : Gill) 1885 p. 380
- The sigh paused awhile, scrutinising him with lynx-like eyes; then fetching a deep moan, said, mournfully: "Monuar! man will for ever learn , yet never be taught ["]