eadar

See also: éadar and eadar-

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish [Term?],[1] from Old Irish eter. Cognates include Irish idir and Manx eddyr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈet̪əɾ/[2][3][4]
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈat̪əɾ/[5], /ˈæt̪əɾ/[6]
  • Hyphenation: ea‧dar

Preposition

eadar (+ nominative)

  1. between
    eadar thusa agus mise ― between you and me
    eadar a h-aon is a dhà ― between one and two (o'clock)
    eadar dà chloich na dùthcha ― throughout the country (literally, “between the two stones of the country”)

eadar (+ nominative, triggers lenition)

  1. (uncommon or dated) both; each, every
    eadar mhòr is bheag ― both big and small
    eadar thìr-mòr agus eileanan ― both continents and islands
    Eadar chlach is chuaille is chrann ― Each stone and beam and stave

Inflection

Personal inflection of eadar
Person: simple emphatic
singular first — —
second — —
third m — —
f — —
plural first eadarainn eadarainne
second eadaraibh eadaraibhse
third eatarra eatarrasan
  • Obsolete singular forms: eadram (1st person), eadrad (2nd person)

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eter, etir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  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. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 107

Further reading

  • Mark, Colin (2003), “eadar”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN
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