thairis

Irish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

thairis (emphatic thairis-sean)

  1. third-person singular masculine of thar

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 136

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tairis.

Pronunciation

Adverb

thairis

  1. over, across
    Synonyms: thar, tarsainn, trasta, trasna
    thairis na bliadhnaicheanover the years
    thairis a' chuainacross the ocean
  2. (dated) abroad
    a' dol thairisgoing to another country
  3. beyond
    Synonym: thar
    Chaidh e thairis air na bha sinn ag iarraidh.He went beyond what we required.

Derived terms

  • thar (over, across; beyond)

Pronoun

thairis

  1. over him
  2. over it
  3. beyond him
  4. beyond it

Derived terms

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. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  4. ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99[2], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
  5. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN