ar scáth a

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “for the sake of all that”

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈsˠkɑːh ə/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈsˠkɑː (ə)/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈsˠkaː (ə)/

Conjunction

ar scáth a

for all…
ar scáth ar miste liom; ar scáth ar chuma liom ― for all I care

ar scáth a bhfuil de mhaith ann ― for all the use he is

ar scáth a raibh a fhios aici ― for all she knew
- 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70:
  ɛr skα: ə wïlʹ ə ji:ç erʹ
  [ar scáth a bhfuil a dhíth air]
  for all that it wants

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