aníos
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish anís, from an- + ís.
Pronunciation
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
- from an inferior position in life
- (of growth) up
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)
See also
Irish adverbs of direction and position
| Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Motion from |
|---|---|---|---|
| above, up | suas | thuas | anuas |
| below, down | síos | thíos | aníos |
| east | soir | thoir | anoir |
| west/back | siar | thiar | aniar |
| north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | aduaidh |
| south | ó dheas | theas | 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 | anall |
| over here | — | — | anonn |
| inside | isteach | istigh | — |
| outside | amach | amuigh | — |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aníos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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