ar bith

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Irish

Etymology

Literally, “on (the) world”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈbʲɪ(h)/, /əˈbʲɪ(h)/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈbʲɪç/^[1]

Adverb

at all

Derived terms

Determiner

any…at all (used in negatives and questions)
An bhfuil airgead ar bith agat?
Do you have any money at all?

Níl páistí ar bith agam.
I do not have any children at all.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 43:
  ə wān̄ tū n balə šin? ńī āĭm balə ŕ bi.
  [An bhfaigheann tú an baladh sin? Ní fhaighim baladh ar bith.]
  Do you get that smell? I don’t get any smell at all.

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 345, page 118

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