a-nuas
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish anúas, from an- + úas.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]a-nuas
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]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
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “a-nuas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language