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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish irráir (“the time before the dawn”)[1] (compare Irish aréir, Manx riyr).
Pronunciation
Adverb
a-raoir
- last night, last evening
Nan robh e a-muigh a-raoir, cha bhiodh an creutair beò an-diugh.- If he were out last night, the poor soul wouldn't have lived to see today.
See also
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “irráir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 89
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “a-raoir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN