a-raoir

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • an-raoir, an-reidhir, an-roir, raoir, raidhir, rair, reidhir, reir

Etymology

From Old Irish irráir (the time before the dawn) (compare Irish aréir, Manx riyr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈɾɤiɾʲ/

Adverb

a-raoir

  1. last night, last evening
    Nan robh e a-muigh a-raoir, cha bhiodh an creutair beò an-diugh.
    If he were out last night, the poor soul wouldn't have lived to see today.
  • a' bhòn-raoir (the night before last, adverb)
  • air bhòn-raoir (the night before last, adverb)

See also

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “a-raoir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “irráir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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