ar bith

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “on (the) world”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɾʲˈbʲi(h)/[1], /əˈbʲi(h)/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /eɾʲˈbʲiç/[3]

Adverb

ar bith

  1. at all

Derived terms

Determiner

ar bith

  1. any…at all (used in negatives and questions)
    An bhfuil airgead ar bith agat?
    Do you have any money at all?
    Níl páistí ar bith agam.
    I do not have any children at all.

Quotations

  • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 43:
    ə wān̄ tū n balə šin? ńī āĭm balə ŕ bi.
    [An bhfaigheann tú an baladh sin? Ní fhaighim baladh ar bith.]
    Do you get that smell? I don’t get any smell at all.

References

  1. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 774, page 428
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 263
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 345, page 118
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