máguaird

Irish

Alternative forms

• mágcuaird, mágcuairt, má gcuairt
• má-gcuaird, má-gcuairt (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish ima cúairt, from Old Irish imma cúairdd (literally “around their circuit”). Cognate with Manx mygeayrt.

Adverb

máguaird

1. all around
2. surrounding

   an tír máguaird ― the surrounding country

   an ceantar máguaird ― environs

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mágcuaird”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 456
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “máguaird”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN