a-màireach

See also: amáireach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish i mbárach (tomorrow), from bárach, from Proto-Celtic *bāregos (morning) (compare Welsh bore (morning)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə ˈmaːɾʲəx/[1][2][3][4]
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ə ˈmaːɾəx/[5] (as if spelled a-màrach)
  • (Wester Ross, South Argyll) IPA(key): /ə ˈmɛːɾəx/[6][4] (as if spelled a-màrach)

Adverb

a-màireach

  1. tomorrow

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 41
  4. 4.0 4.1 Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 188
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 754