a-riamh

See also: ariamh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ríam, from Old Irish rïam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ə) ˈɾʲiəv/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /(ə) ˈðiəv/[1][2]

Adverb

a-riamh

  1. ever
    An robh thu ann a-riamh? ― Have you ever been there?
  2. (with negative) never
    Cha robh a-riamh a leithid ann. ― There was never one like him.
  3. always
    Bha e a-riamh mar sin. ― He was always like that.
    riamh is roimhe ― still and before, abidingly

Usage notes

  • Used only of past time.

References

  1. ^ Jenny Ladefoged, Peter Ladefoged, Alice Turk, Kevin Hind (5 February 1996) “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive‎[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “a-riamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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