an-dràsta

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish trásta (“now, forthwith”), a metathesis of Old Irish tráth-sa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈn̪ˠd̪ɾaːs̪t̪(ə)/[1][2][3]; (Lewis) [(ə)ˈn̪ˠɾaːs̪t̪]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /əˈn̪ˠd̪ɾaˑ.əs̪t̪/[4]

Adverb

an-dràsta

  1. just now

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References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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