i mbárach
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Irish[edit]
Adverb[edit]
i mbárach
- Classical/deprecated spelling of amárach
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bárach, from Proto-Celtic *bāregos (“morning”) (compare Welsh bore (“morning”)). Folk etymology derives it from am ba árach (“cow tying time”) when cows were milked once each day.
Adverb[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Irish: amárach
- Manx: mairagh
- Scottish Gaelic: a-màireach
References[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bárach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language