isteach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- 'steach (nonstandard)
- a-steach, aisdeach, aisteach, asdeach, asteach, isdeach, sdeach, steach, stioch (obsolete)[1]
Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish istech (literally “into the house”).[2] Compare i (“in”), teach (“house”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]isteach
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]- ^ “isteach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “istech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 51
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “isteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN