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Irish
Etymology
From the Old Irish prepositional phrase ar éicin (“under compulsion”), from ar (“on account of”) + éicin (“necessity”, dat. sg.).
Adverb
ar éigean
- barely, scarcely, only just, with difficulty
Tá sé beo ar éigean.- He is barely alive.
- scarcely (probably not; certainly not)
An dtiocfaidh sé? —Is ar éigean é.- Will he come? —Scarcely.
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