ar aghaidh
Irish
Pronunciation
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Preposition
ar aghaidh (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation)
- in front of, opposite, facing
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 4:
- hȧ šē əŕ m ai.
- conventional orthography: Sheas sé ar m’aghaidh.
- He stood in front of me.
- conventional orthography:
- hȧ šē əŕ m ai.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 4:
- ḱē n āc ə rø šē šin? əŕ ai ən cȧmpl̥ gāl̄də.
- conventional orthography: Cén áit a raibh sé sin? Ar aghaidh an teampaill gallda.
- Where was that? Opposite the Protestant church.
- conventional orthography:
- ḱē n āc ə rø šē šin? əŕ ai ən cȧmpl̥ gāl̄də.
Usage notes
Used with a possessive pronoun that agrees with the subject of the sentence, the prepositional phrase can be used as an adverb meaning ‘forwards, straight ahead’, e.g. Chuaigh mé díreach ar m’aghaidh (“I went straight ahead”); Tar ar d’aghaidh beagán (“Come forward a little bit”).
Inflection
Inflection of ar aghaidh
Person | Normal | Emphatic |
---|---|---|
1st person sing. | ar m'aghaidh | ar m'aghaidhse |
2d person sing. | ar d'aghaidh | ar d'aghaidhse |
3d sing. masc. | ar a aghaidh | ar a aghaidhsean |
3d sing. fem. | ar a haghaidh | ar a haghaidhse |
1st person pl. | ar ár n-aghaidh | ar ár n-aghaidhne |
2d person pl. | ar bhur n-aghaidh | ar bhur n-aghaidhse |
3d person pl. | ar a n-aghaidh | ar a aghaidhsean |
Adverb
Derived terms
- ceann ar aghaidh (“headlong; on purpose”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ar aghaidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ar aghaidh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ar aghaidh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024