iarsindí

Old Irish

Etymology

From iar (“after”) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ í (“(deictic particle)”).

Conjunction

iarsindí

1. after

   Synonym: ó

   Antonym: resíu

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5^c14

     .i. is fudumuin ind rúnso ícc in domuin et omnium hominum per misericordiam iarsindí batir inricci du báas huili.

     Profound is this mystery, the salvation of the world et omnium hominum per misericordiam, after they all were worthy of death.

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 65^a1

     .i. iarsindí ad·cuaid-som di neuch imme·thecrathar Críst di anechtair, ɔ·toi talmaidiu du aisndis de fessin híc.

     After he has spoken of what covers Christ on the outside, he turns suddenly to set forth concerning himself.

   • c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick (1939, Hodges, Figgis), edited and with translations by Kathleen Mulchrone, line 202

     Is dó sein ar·roét-som in n-ainm as Cothraige, iarsindí fo·ruigénai do cethartreib.

     It is from that that he assumed the name "Cothraige", after having served four households.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “4 í , hí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language