"ar éigean" meaning in Irish

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Adverb

Etymology: From the Old Irish prepositional phrase ar éicin (“under compulsion”), from ar (“on account of”) + éicin (“necessity”, dat. sg.). Head templates: {{head|ga|adverb|cat2=|head=}} ar éigean, {{ga-adv}} ar éigean
  1. barely, scarcely, only just, with difficulty
    Sense id: en-ar_éigean-ga-adv-1sQI~084 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  2. scarcely (probably not; certainly not) Synonyms (probably not, certainly not): ní móide
    Sense id: en-ar_éigean-ga-adv-whPr8q8Q Disambiguation of 'probably not, certainly not': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ar éigin Derived forms: ar ais nó ar éigean (english: willy nilly)

Download JSON data for ar éigean meaning in Irish (1.5kB)

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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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          "english": "He is barely alive.",
          "text": "Tá sé beo ar éigean.",
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        {
          "english": "Will he come? —Scarcely.",
          "text": "An dtiocfaidh sé? —Is ar éigean é.",
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        }
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  ],
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      "english": "willy nilly",
      "word": "ar ais nó ar éigean"
    }
  ],
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          "english": "He is barely alive.",
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        }
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      "sense": "probably not, certainly not",
      "word": "ní móide"
    },
    {
      "word": "ar éigin"
    }
  ],
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}

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