aníos

See also: ânios and a-nìos

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish anís, from an- + ís.^[1] By surface analysis, an- (“from”) +‎ -íos (“below”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈn̠ʲiːsˠ/^[2]^[3]

Adverb

aníos

up, upwards (from a low position to a higher one), from below
from the north
from a country district, lesser town or centre

Usage notes

Aníos implies upward movement toward the speaker (or some contextually relevant reference point); it contrasts with suas, which implies upward movement away from the speaker (or reference point).

Derived terms

bain aníos (“take up”, verb)
buail aníos (“proceed up”, verb)
caith aníos (“throw up”, verb)
cuir aníos (“put, send, up; throw up, vomit”, verb)
éirigh aníos (“rise up”, verb)
tar aníos (“come up”, verb)

Irish adverbs of direction and position
point of reference	motion toward	stationary position at	stationary position on the indicated side	motion from
above, up	suas	thuas	lastuas	anuas
below, down	síos	thíos	laistíos	aníos
east	soir	thoir	lastoir	anoir
west/back	siar	thiar	laistiar	aniar
north	ó thuaidh	thuaidh	lastuaidh	aduaidh
south	ó dheas	theas	laisteas	aneas
northeast	soir ó thuaidh	thoir thuaidh	—	anoir aduaidh
northwest	siar ó thuaidh	thiar thuaidh	—	aniar aduaidh
southeast	soir ó dheas	thoir theas	—	anoir aneas
southwest	siar ó dheas	thiar theas	—	aniar aneas
over there	sall	thall	lastall	anall
over here	—	—	—	anonn
inside	isteach	istigh	laistigh	—
outside	amach	amuigh	lasmuigh	—

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 39
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 253, page 91