dá bhrí sin

Irish

Etymology

From dá (“from its”) + bhrí (“significance”) + sin (“that”); thus literally “from the significance of that”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ˠɑː ˈvʲɾʲiː ʃɪnʲ/
  • (Aran, also) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɑː ˈvʲɾʲiːn ʃɪn/[1] (as if spelled dá bhrín sin)

Adverb

dá bhrí sin

  1. therefore, thence, because of that
  2. wherefore, so (with the result that)

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 56

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