adrásta

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish trásta (“now, forthwith”), a metathesis of Old Irish tráth-sa.

Adverb

adrásta

1. (literary) at present, now

   Synonyms: anois, faoi láthair

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adrásta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “trásta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language