ar bith

Irish

Etymology

Literally “on (the) world”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈbʲɪ(h)/, /əˈbʲɪ(h)/

Adverb

ar bith

1. at all

Derived terms

• ar chor ar bith

Determiner

ar bith

1. any…at all (used in negatives and questions)

   An bhfuil airgead ar bith agat?

   Do you have any money at all?

   Níl páistí ar bith agam.

   I do not have any children at all.

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 43:

     ə wān̄ tū n balə šin? ńī āĭm balə ŕ bi.

     An bhfaigheann tú an baladh sin? Ní fhaighim baladh ar bith. (conventional orthography)

     Do you get that smell? I don’t get any smell at all.