i mbárach

Irish

Adverb

i mbárach

1. Classical/deprecated spelling of amárach

Old Irish

Etymology

From bárach, from Proto-Celtic *bāregos (“morning”) (compare Welsh bore (“morning”)). Folk etymology derives it from am ba árach (“cow tying time”) when cows were milked once each day.

Adverb

i mbárach

1. tomorrow

Descendants

• Irish: amárach
• Manx: mairagh
• Scottish Gaelic: a-màireach

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bárach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language