ar ala na huaire
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish fri athlad úaire, more commonly fri athlad na óenúaire (“immediately”).[1]
Phrase
[edit]- (idiomatic) on the spur of the moment
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “athlad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ala”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN