a-steach

Irish

Adverb

a-steach

  1. obsolete spelling of isteach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish istech (literally “into the house”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ə)ˈʃtʲɛx/, /(ə)ˈʃtʃɛx/

Adverb

a-steach

  1. in, inside, inwards (implies movement)
    Thigibh a-steach, a chàirdean.
    Come in, friends.
    Thiginn a-steach a-rithist ged a chuirteadh a-mach mi.
    I would come in again though I were put out.

Derived terms

See also

Scottish Gaelic adverbs of direction and position
point of reference motion toward stationary
position at		 motion from
above, up suas shuas a-nuas
below, down sìos shìos a-nìos
east an ear, sear
west an iar, siar
north a tuath
south a deas
over there a-null, a-nunn thall a-nall, a-bhos
over here a-nall, a-bhos a-bhos a-null, a-nunn
abroad a-null thairis thall thairis a-nall thairis
inside a-steach a-staigh —
outside a-mach a-muigh —

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “istech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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