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Irish
Verb
arsan
- Contraction of arsa + an (“says the, said the”).
1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:« Is dóigh liom ná fuil », arsan captaen. « Cad é an geall a chuirfeá leis ? », arsan máta.- “I suppose not,” said the captain. “What do you want to bet?” said the mate.