istigh

Irish

Alternative forms
  • astoigh, 'stigh (nonstandard)
  • 'stig, a-stigh, as-tigh, as-toigh, asdig, asdigh, asdoigh, astig, astigh, is-tigh, is-toigh, isdigh, istig, istoigh, istuigh, stig (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish istig (literally “in the house”).[2]

Pronunciation

Adverb

istigh

  1. in, inside (at rest inside)

See also
Irish adverbs of direction and position
Point of referenceMotion towardStationary
position at		Motion from
above, up suasthuasanuas
below, down síosthíosaníos
east soirthoiranoir
west/back siarthiaraniar
north ó thuaidhthuaidhaduaidh
south ó dheastheasaneas
northeast soir ó thuaidhthoir thuaidhanoir aduaidh
northwest siar ó thuaidhthiar thuaidhaniar aduaidh
southeast soir ó dheasthoir theasanoir aneas
southwest siar ó dheasthiar theasaniar aneas
over there sallthallanall
over here ——anonn
inside isteachistigh—
outside amachamuigh—

References
  1. “istigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “istig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100
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