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Irish
Pronunciation
Pronoun
thairis (emphatic thairis-sean)
- third-person singular masculine of thar
References
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish tairis.
Adverb
thairis
- over, across
- thairis na bliadhnaichean ― over the years
- thairis a' chuain ― across the ocean
- (dated) abroad
- a' dol thairis ― going to another country
- beyond
- Chaidh e thairis air na bha sinn ag iarraidh. ― He went beyond what we required.
Derived terms
- thar (“over, across; beyond”)
Pronoun
thairis
- over him
- over it
- beyond him
- beyond it
Derived terms