idir

See also: idir-

Irish

Alternative forms

• eidir

Etymology

From Old Irish eter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”). Cognate with Latin inter (“between”) and Sanskrit अन्तर् (antár, “between, within, into”). Compare Scottish Gaelic eadar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪdʲəɾʲ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdʲəɾʲ/ (also spelled eidir)

Preposition

idir (plus nominative, triggers no mutation, triggers lenition in the meaning ‘both (...and ...)’)

1. between

   idir fir agus mná ― between men and women

2. both (paired with agus (“and”))

   idir fhir agus mhná ― both men and women

Usage notes

In modern usage, this preposition has inflected forms only in the plural. Idir is used with nouns and with singular pronouns in combination with another noun or pronoun:

idir é agus mé ― between him and me

In the meaning ‘between’, this preposition does not trigger any initial mutation. In the meaning ‘both (... and ...)’ it triggers lenition of both the word following it and the word following agus.

Inflection

Inflection of idir

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.	eadram (obsolete)	eadramsa (obsolete)
2d person sing.	eadrat (obsolete)	eadratsa (obsolete)
3d sing. masc.	idir é	idir eisean
3d sing. fem.	idir í	idir ise
1st person pl.	eadrainn	eadrainne
2d person pl.	eadraibh	eadraibhse
3d person pl.	eatarthu	eatarthusan

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish etir.

Adverb

idir

1. at all
   • Chan 'eil idir. ― Not at all.
   • Cha'n e idir. ― That is not it at all.
   • Cha tig e idir. ― He will not come at all.
   • No idir air a bhruicheadh. ― Nor even boiled.
   • Cha'n 'eil e gu math idir. ― He is not at all well.
   • Cha deanainn idir e. ― I would not do it on any account.
2. yet

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “idir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)