ar ais

See also: arais, aráis, and árais

Irish

Alternative forms

ar n-ais, thar n-ais (Munster)

Etymology

From a conflation of Middle Irish ar ais, for ais, tar ais.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈaʃ/
(Aran) IPA^(key): /əˈɾˠæʃ/, /əˈɾʲæʃ/[1]
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈæʃ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈæʃ/, /ɛɾʲˈɛʃ/[2]

Adverb

ar ais

back (to or in a previous condition or place)
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100:
  ȷ iniš mē ʒō, nuəŕ hukń̥ ərǽš, gə ńīnń̥ ē.
  [D’inis mé dhó, nuair a thiocfainn ar ais, go ndéanfainn é.]
  I told him I would do it when I came back.
  
  køńə ʒom ē šə, gə ȷȧgə mē ərǽš.
  [Coinnigh dhom é seo go dteaga mé ar ais.]
  Keep this for me until I come back.

References

Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32

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