arkagh
Yola
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Irish airceach (“hungry, ravenous”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editarkagh
- eager
- Synonym: aagar
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11, page 88:
- Wode zar; mot, all arkagh var ee barnaugh-blowe,
- Would serve; but, all eager for the barnagh-stroke,
References
edit- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 23