Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish íarraid, from íar (after), from Proto-Celtic *eɸirom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (near, at, against); compare Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, on, over, at).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

iarr (present analytic iarrann, future analytic iarrfaidh, verbal noun iarraidh, past participle iarrtha)

  1. (modal) to want (used in the progressive tenses)
    An bhfuil tú ag iarraidh a theacht aníos liomsa anois?
    Do you want to come up here with me now?
  2. to ask, ask for, request
  3. to try, attempt
    Synonyms: triail, bain triail as

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iarr n-iarr hiarr not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 101

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish iarraid.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

iarr (past dh'iarr, future iarraidh, verbal noun iarraidh, past participle iarrte)

  1. want
  2. ask, request, demand
  3. seek, search, look for, probe
    Synonyms: lorg, sir
    Chan fhaic 's chan iarr iad.They shall neither see nor enquire.
  4. invite
    Iarr e gu pàrtaidh.Invite him to a party.
  5. (dated) pain, purge (as medicine)

Usage notes edit

  • In the sense of requesting or desiring takes the preposition air:
    Dh'iarr e airgead oirre.He asked her for money.
    An iarr thu air sin a thachairt?Will you desire that to happen?

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “iarr”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC