aniar
See also: an iar
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an + iar, from Old Irish aníar (“from behind; from the west”) (compare íar, tíar).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]aniar
See also
[edit]Irish adverbs of direction and position
| Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Stationary position on the indicated side |
Motion from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| above, up | suas | thuas | lastuas | anuas |
| below, down | síos | thíos | laistíos | aníos |
| east | soir | thoir | lastoir | anoir |
| west/back | siar | thiar | laistiar | aniar |
| north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | lastuaidh | aduaidh |
| south | ó dheas | theas | laisteas | aneas |
| northeast | soir ó thuaidh | thoir thuaidh | — | anoir aduaidh |
| northwest | siar ó thuaidh | thiar thuaidh | — | aniar aduaidh |
| southeast | soir ó dheas | thoir theas | — | anoir aneas |
| southwest | siar ó dheas | thiar theas | — | aniar aneas |
| over there | sall | thall | lastall | anall |
| over here | — | — | — | anonn |
| inside | isteach | istigh | laistigh | — |
| outside | amach | amuigh | lasmuigh | — |
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aníar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 138
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 253, page 91
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aniar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aniar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aniar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024