irráir

Old Irish

From ar (before) + *fár (dawn) (> Middle Irish fáir). Compare camáir (dawn) (< co + *fár, literally with dawn). Cognate with Welsh gwawr (dawn).[1]

Adverb

irráir

  1. last night

Descendants

  • Irish: aréir
  • Manx: riyr
  • Scottish Gaelic: a-raoir

References

  1. Vendryes, Joseph (1987) “camáir, camaír”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-28

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