rem-

Old Irish

Etymology

The prefix counterpart to the preposition ré (“before”).

Prefix

rem- (pretonic remi-)

1. pre-, fore-, before

   ‎rem- + ‎téit (“to go”) → ‎remi·tét (“to go before, precede”)

   ‎rem- + ‎as·beir (“to say”) → ‎remi·epir (“to say, mention beforehand”)

   ‎rem- + ‎suidigud (“position”) → ‎remsuidigud (“preposition”)

Derived terms

Old Irish terms prefixed with rem-

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 851, page 527; reprinted 2017