aréir

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word aréir. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word aréir, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say aréir in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word aréir you have here. The definition of the word aréir will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofaréir, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish irráir (“the time before the dawn”) (compare Scottish Gaelic a-raoir, Manx riyr).[2] aréir with /eː/ instead of expected *aráir may be in analogy with inné (“yesterday”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

aréir

  1. last night
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100:
      vī fī ḱēm agń̥ ərḗŕ.
      [Bhí fiche céim againn aréir.]
      We had twenty degrees last night.

Derived terms

Noun

aréir

  1. last night

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “aréir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “irráir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 44
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100
  5. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1953) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 1st edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 403 (p. 210)
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 64

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia