roimh

See also: Róimh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rïam, the third-person singular masculine form of Old Irish ré, from Proto-Celtic *ɸrīs (compare Gaulish ris), from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognate with English first and Latin prīscus (“former”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾˠɪvʲ/

Preposition

roimh (plus dative, triggers lenition)

1. before

   an duine a bhí romhat ― the person that was before you

   roimh a sé a chlog ― before six o’clock

Inflection

Inflection of roimh

	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		romham	romhamsa
	second		romhat	romhatsa
	third	m	roimhe	roimhesean
		f	roimpi	roimpise
plural	first		romhainn	romhainne
	second		romhaibh	romhaibhse
	third		rompu	rompusan

Derived terms

• roimh ré

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “roimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN