ar ais

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See also: arais, aráis, and árais

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a conflation of Middle Irish ar ais, for ais, tar ais.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ar ais

  1. back (to or in a previous condition or place)
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100:
      ȷ iniš mē ʒō, nuəŕ hukń̥ ərǽš, gə ńīnń̥ ē.
      [D’inis mé dhó, nuair a thiocfainn ar ais, go ndéanfainn é.]
      I told him I would do it when I came back.
      køńə ʒom ē šə, gə ȷȧgə mē ərǽš.
      [Coinnigh dhom é seo go dteaga mé ar ais.]
      Keep this for me until I come back.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32
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