thíos faoi
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]thíos (“under, below”) + faoi (“under”)
Adverb
[edit]- below, beneath, underneath
- 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:
- Briseann tonnta boga in aghaidh na gcarraigeacha thíos faoi.
- [original: Waves gently lap against the rocks below.]
Further reading
[edit]- “thíos faoi”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024