aréir
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish irráir (“the time before the dawn”) (compare Scottish Gaelic a-raoir, Manx riyr).[2] aréir with /eː/ instead of expected *aráir may be in analogy with inné (“yesterday”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
aréir
- last night
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100:
- vī fī ḱēm agń̥ ərḗŕ.
- [Bhí fiche céim againn aréir.]
- We had twenty degrees last night.
Derived terms edit
- arú aréir (“night before last”)
Noun edit
aréir
Derived terms edit
- brachán ó aréir m (“cold comfort”)
References edit
- ^ “aréir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “irráir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 44
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1953) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 1st edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 403 (p. 210)
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 64
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aréir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “aréir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aréir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.