roimh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rïam, the third-person singular masculine form of Old Irish ré, from Proto-Celtic *ɸrīs (compare Gaulish ris), from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognate with English first and Latin prīscus (“former”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

roimh (plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. before
    an duine a bhí romhat ― the person that was before you
    roimh a sé a chlog ― before six o’clock

Inflection

Inflection of roimh
Person: simple emphatic
singular first romham romhamsa
second romhat romhatsa
third m roimhe roimhesean
f roimpi roimpise
plural first romhainn romhainne
second romhaibh romhaibhse
third rompu rompusan

Derived terms

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