ó dheas
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish fa dess (“southwards”), fo dess, itself being Old Irish fo (“under, towards”) + dess (“south”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /oːˈjasˠ/
- (Cois Fharriage) IPA(key): /oːˈjæsˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /oˈjasˠ/[1], /əˈjasˠ/[2]
Adverb
[edit]See also
[edit]Irish adverbs of direction and position
| Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Stationary position on the indicated side |
Motion from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| above, up | suas | thuas | lastuas | anuas |
| below, down | síos | thíos | laistíos | aníos |
| east | soir | thoir | lastoir | anoir |
| west/back | siar | thiar | laistiar | aniar |
| north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | lastuaidh | aduaidh |
| south | ó dheas | theas | laisteas | 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 | lastall | anall |
| over here | — | — | — | anonn |
| inside | isteach | istigh | laistigh | — |
| outside | amach | amuigh | lasmuigh | — |
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 189, page 72
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 319, page 112
