araon
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish aráen, from Old Irish ar óen (fri) (“together, at the same time (with)”, literally “as one (with)”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /əˈɾˠeːnˠ/, /əˈɾˠeːn̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɛˈɾˠeːnˠ/, /ɛˈɾˠeːn̪ˠ/; (older) /ɛˈɾˠɤːnˠ/,[1] /əˈɾˠɯːn/[2]
Adverb edit
araon
- both (after a pronoun or noun governed by a possessive determiner)
- sinn araon ― both of us
- bhur dteach araon ― you two’s house; the house of you both
- together
Derived terms edit
- araon le (“together with”)
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 31
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 51
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “araon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “óen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language