a-nuas
Appearance
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish anúas,[1] from an- + úas.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]a-nuas
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Scottish Gaelic adverbs of direction and position
Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Motion from |
---|---|---|---|
above, up | suas | shuas | a-nuas |
below, down | sìos | shìos | a-nìos |
east | an ear, sear | ||
west | an iar, siar | ||
north | a tuath | ||
south | a deas | ||
over there | a-null, a-nunn | thall | a-nall, a-bhos |
over here | a-nall, a-bhos | a-bhos | a-null, a-nunn |
abroad | a-null thairis | thall thairis | a-nall thairis |
inside | a-steach | a-staigh | — |
outside | a-mach | a-muigh | — |
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap