ar ala na huaire

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fri athlad úaire, more commonly fri athlad na óenúaire (“immediately”).[1]

Phrase

ar ala na huaire

  1. (idiomatic) on the spur of the moment

References

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

Further reading

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