Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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ónarb (form used before a consonant lenar) (used before a vowel sound)

  1. from which/whom is
    • 1952, Acts of the Oireachtas, No. 11/1952: SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1952[1]:
      Más rud é, maidir le pinsean (neamhranníocach) baintrí is iníoctha faoi na hAchta um Pinsin do Bhaintreacha agus do Dhílleachtaí, 1935 go 1952, agus a bhfuil liúntas i leith leanaí ar áireamh ann, gurb é an lá ceaptha nó aon lá dá éis an lá ónarb iníoctha an pinsean, ní bheidh ráta an phinsin níos mó ná tríocha agus dhá scilling sa tseachtain.
      Where, as respects a widow’s (non-contributory) pension which is payable under the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1952, and which includes an allowance in respect of children, the day from which the pension becomes payable is, or is after, the appointed day, the rate of the pension shall not exceed thirty-two shillings per week.[2]

Usage notes

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Especially in the spoken language, it is more common to use the indirect relative particle ar with a resumptive prepositional pronoun:

an lá arb iníoctha an pinsean uaidhthe day the pension becomes payable from
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Irish copular forms
simple copular forms
affirmative negative interrogative negative
interrogative
present/future
main clause is an nach
relative clause direct nach
indirect ar, arbv
other subordinate clause gur, gurbv an nach
past/conditional
main clause ba, b’v níor, níorbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv
relative clause direct ba, abv nár, nárbhv
indirect ar, arbhv
other subordinate clause gur, gurbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv
present subjunctive
gura, gurabv nára, nárabv
compound copular forms
base word present/future past/conditional
cár, cárbv cár, cárbhv
cér, cérbv cér, cérbhv
mba, mb’v
de/do dar, darbv dar, darbhv
faoi faoinar, faoinarbv faoinar, faoinarbhv
i inar, inarbv inar, inarbhv
le lenar, lenarbv lenar, lenarbhv
más ba, b’v
mura mura, murabv murar, murarbhv
ó (preposition) ónar, ónarbv ónar, ónarbhv
ó (conjunction) ós ó ba, ó b’v
trí trínar, trínarbv trínar, trínarbhv

v Used before vowel sounds