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Irish
Pronunciation
Preposition
os cionn (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation)
- above
Faoi dheireadh, bhí spéir gorm os ár gcionn.- At last a blue sky was above us.
Cad a chuirfidh tú os cionn na leapa?- What will you put above the bed?
- more than
- beyond, exceeding
- in charge of
Inflection
Derived terms
Adverb
os cionn
- above
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “os cionn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “os cionn” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “os cionn” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52
Scottish Gaelic
Preposition
os cionn (+ genitive or possessive determiner)
- above
- Antonym: fo
- mu dheireadh thall, bha adhar gorm os ar cionn ― at long last a blue sky was above us
- dè a chuireas tu os cionn na leapa? ― what will you put above the bed?
Derived terms