thuas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish túas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huəsˠ/

Adverb

thuas

  1. over, above
  2. up (static position above)
    • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 1:
      Thuas i dteach an tsolais, faoi réaltaí geala, canann Bronach Amhrán na Mara dá mac Ben atá cúig bliana d'aois.
      [original: Up in the lighthouse, under twinkling stars, Bronach sings the Song of the Sea to her five-year-old son, Ben.]

Antonyms

See also

Irish adverbs of direction and position
point of reference motion toward stationary
position at		 stationary position
on the indicated side		 motion from
above, up suas thuas lastuas anuas
below, down síos thíos laistíos aníos
east soir thoir lastoir anoir
west/back siar thiar laistiar aniar
north ó thuaidh thuaidh lastuaidh aduaidh
south ó dheas theas laisteas aneas
northeast soir ó thuaidh thoir thuaidh — anoir aduaidh
northwest siar ó thuaidh thiar thuaidh — aniar aduaidh
southeast soir ó dheas thoir theas — anoir aneas
southwest siar ó dheas thiar theas — aniar aneas
over there sall thall lastall anall
over here — — — anonn
inside isteach istigh laistigh —
outside amach amuigh lasmuigh —

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