amuigh

See also: a-muigh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ammaig, from Old Irish i mmaig (literally “in a field”). For the same semantic development compare colloquial Welsh mas (“out”) < i'r maes (literally “to the field”) and Breton er-maez (“out, outside”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈmˠɪɟ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /əˈmˠiː/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /əˈmˠʊ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /əˈmˠɪç/

Adverb

amuigh

1. out, outside (static position outside)
2. outer, protruding [+ ag (object) = from]
3. outstanding, due
4. in error

Derived terms

• amach faoin spéir (“out in the open”)
• amuigh agus amach (“out and away”)
• amuigh agus istigh ar (“approximately”)
• taobh amuigh (“outside”)

See also

Irish adverbs of direction and position

Point of reference	Motion toward	Stationary position at	Motion from
above, up	suas	thuas	anuas
below, down	síos	thíos	aníos
east	soir	thoir	anoir
west/back	siar	thiar	aniar
north	ó thuaidh	thuaidh	aduaidh
south	ó dheas	theas	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	anall
over here	—	—	anonn
inside	isteach	istigh	—
outside	amach	amuigh	—

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amuigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 immaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 98