an ear

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish anair (from the front, from the east).

Pronunciation

Adjective

an ear

  1. eastern, east

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Adverb

an ear

  1. east
    • 1911, John Francis Campbell, “Na Trì Rathaidean Móra”, in The Celtic Dragon Myth, page 149:
      Ghabh am fear a bu shine an rathad a bha dol an ear, 's ghabh am fear miadhonach an rathad a bha dol an iar, agus ghabh am fear òg an rathad miadhon.
      The older man took the road that went east, and the middle-aged man took the road that went west, and the young man took the middle road.

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