réamhrá
Appearance
Irish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]réamh- (“fore-, pre-”) + rá (“saying”). Calque of Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos).
Noun
[edit]réamhrá m (genitive singular réamhrá, nominative plural réamhráite)
- foreword, preface (beginning or introductory portion coming before the main text of a document or book), introduction (initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material)
- preamble (short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute)
Declension
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Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “remrád”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “réaṁ-ráḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 563
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “réamhrá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “réamhrá”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “réamhrá”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024