aníos
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish anís, from an- + ís.[1]
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editaníos
- up, upwards (from a low position to a higher one), from below
- from the north
- from a country district, lesser town or centre
Usage notes
editAníos implies upward movement toward the speaker (or some contextually relevant reference point); it contrasts with suas, which implies upward movement away from the speaker (or reference point).
Derived terms
edit- bain aníos (“take up”, verb)
- buail aníos (“proceed up”, verb)
- caith aníos (“throw up”, verb)
- cuir aníos (“put, send, up; throw up, vomit”, verb)
- éirigh aníos (“rise up”, verb)
- tar aníos (“come up”, verb)
See also
editIrish adverbs of direction and position
Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Stationary position on the indicated side |
Motion from |
---|---|---|---|---|
above, up | suas | thuas | lastuas | anuas |
below, down | síos | thíos | laistíos | aníos |
east | soir | thoir | lastoir | anoir |
west/back | siar | thiar | laistiar | aniar |
north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | lastuaidh | aduaidh |
south | ó dheas | theas | laisteas | aneas |
northeast | soir ó thuaidh | thoir thuaidh | — | anoir aduaidh |
northwest | siar ó thuaidh | thiar thuaidh | — | aniar aduaidh |
southeast | soir ó dheas | thoir theas | — | anoir aneas |
southwest | siar ó dheas | thiar theas | — | aniar aneas |
over there | sall | thall | lastall | anall |
over here | — | — | — | anonn |
inside | isteach | istigh | laistigh | — |
outside | amach | amuigh | lasmuigh | — |
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 39
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 91
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aníos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aníos”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 30