yith
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Yola[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English yif, from Old English ġif.
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
yith
- if
- Synonym: gin
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 84:
- Yith Muzleare had ba hole, t'was mee Tommeen,
- If Good-for-little had been buried, it had been my Tommy,
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:
- Yith w'had any lhuck, oor naame wode b' zung,
- If we had any luck, our name would have been sung
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 80