a chéile

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Irish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

a chéile

  1. each other, one another

Usage notes

After a preposition ending in a vowel, the preposition and the a may contract in the usual way for a (his), or the a may be deleted (though its lenition effect on chéile remains):

  • lena chéile or le chéile (with each other)
  • óna chéile or ó chéile (from each other)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34

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