ar son
See also: arson
Irish
Etymology
Disputed; there are two Old Irish nouns son, one meaning ‘sound; word, name’ (a borrowing from Latin sonus), and one meaning ‘prosperity, well-being’ (cognate with sona (“happy”) and sonus (“good fortune”)). The Dictionary of the Irish Language associates the preposition with the first of these, suggesting the original meaning ‘at the sound of, by the word/name of’. Dinneen’s and Ó Dónaill’s dictionaries, on the other hand, associate it with the second, suggesting the original meaning ‘for the well-being of’. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic airson.
Pronunciation
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Preposition
ar son (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation)
- for, for the sake of (because of)
- on behalf of (speaking or acting for)
Inflection
Inflection of ar son
Person | Normal | Emphatic |
---|---|---|
1st person sing. | ar mo shon | ar mo shonsa |
2d person sing. | ar do shon | ar do shonsa |
3d sing. masc. | ar a shon | ar a shonsan |
3d sing. fem. | ar a son | ar a sonsa |
1st person pl. | ar ár son | ar ár son-na |
2d person pl. | ar bhur son | ar bhur sonsa |
3d person pl. | ar a son | ar a sonsan |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 son (‘sound, word, name’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Template:R:ga:Dinneen
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “son”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN