a-raoir

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish irráir (“the time before the dawn”)[1] (compare Irish aréir, Manx riyr).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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a-raoir

  1. last night, last evening
    Nan robh e a-muigh a-raoir, cha bhiodh an creutair beò an-diugh.
    If he were out last night, the poor soul wouldn't have lived to see today.
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “irráir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “a-raoir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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