ar bith

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Irish

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Etymology

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Literally, on (the) world

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ar bith

  1. at all

Derived terms

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Determiner

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ar bith

  1. anyat 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.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, 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

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 345, page 118