aniar
See also: an iar
Irish
Etymology
From an + iar, from Old Irish aníar (“from behind; from the west”) (compare íar, tíar).
Pronunciation
Adverb
aniar
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) “aniar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aníar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aniar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aniar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024