eadar

See also: éadar and eadar-

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish eter. Cognates include Irish idir and Manx eddyr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈet̪əɾ/
• Hyphenation: ea‧dar

Preposition

eadar (+ nominative)

1. between

eadar (+ nominative, triggers lenition)

1. (rare) both

   eadar bheag is mhòr ― both big and small

Inflection

Personal inflection of eadar
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	—	—
	2nd	—	—
	3rd m	—	—
	3rd f	—	—
Plural	1st	eadarainn	eadarainne
	2nd	eadaraibh	eadaraibhse
	3rd	eatarra	eatarrasan

Derived terms

• eadar dà bharail (“of two minds”)
• eadar dà sgeul (“incidentally”)
• eadar- (“inter-”)

 

See also

• am measg (“among”)

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “eadar”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eter, etir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language