anuraidh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • anuiridh, 'nuraidh
  • anuirigh, an-uraidh, a-nuraidh, anuruidh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish uraid (compare Scottish Gaelic an-uiridh, Manx nurree),[1] from Proto-Celtic *ɸeruti, from Proto-Indo-European *péruti.

Pronunciation

Adverb

anuraidh

  1. last year

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ur(a)id”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 28, page 16
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 99
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 49, page 22

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