ad

Ní rabhas-sa ad phriocadh!

(colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of do do (“to/for your sg”).


ad

(colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of i do (“in your sg”).


it

Buail it phóca é.

(Munster) Contraction of i do (“in your”).


led

Brúigh led mhéar é.

(Munster) Contraction of le do (“with your sg”).


let

let thoil


lem

Chuir sé cúl orm lem chuid oibre.

(Munster) Contraction of le mo (“with my”).


san

From Middle Irish (i)sind, (i)sin, from Old Irish isin(d/t) (“in the m or f or n sg dative”), isin (“into the m or f sg accusative”), isa (“into the n sg accusative”), from Proto-Celtic *in sindū/sindai (“in the m sg/f sg dative”), *in sindom/sindam (“into the m sg/f sg accusative”).

inh

preposition i + definite article an: in the (singular)


am

(colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of do mo (“to/for my”).


am

am (mutation mutation-radical)
n-am (eclipsis mutation)
ham (mutation prothesis-h)
t-am (mutation prothesis-t)

(colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of i mo (“in my”).


don

Thug mé don bhuachaill é.

Tá mé ag dul don Spáinn.


dem

Chrochas dem ghualainn é.

(Munster) Contraction of de mo (“from my”).


→ Yola: na

Bhí Áindrías an Ime na chomhnaidhe i mBaile ui Mún i nGleann an Bhaile Dhuibh.

1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:

Áindrías of the Butter lived in Ballymoon in Gleann an Bhaile Dhuibh.


dom

Thugas an féirín dom mháthair.

(Munster) Contraction of do mo (“to my, for my”).


den

Bhris mé den chrann é.

Fuair sé bás den ocras.


sa

Tá an fear sa bhád.

Tá na páistí ag súgradh sa tsráid.

Táimid inár suí sa seomra (or) tseomra.


det

Ar chuiris det chroí é?

(Munster) Contraction of de do (“from your sg”).


dot

An bhfuilir dílis dot chéile?

(Munster) Contraction of do do (“to your sg, for your sg”).


id

Ná téigh amach id bhoinn.


nílim

[ˈnʲiːlʲɪmʲ]

Nílim sásta.


mun

mun (mutation mutation-radical)
mhun (lenition mutation)


im

Chuireas an peann im phóca.

(Munster) Contraction of i mo (“in my”).


ina

‘in his’ (triggers lenition): ina phóca

‘in her’ (triggers h-prothesis): ina háit

‘in their’ (triggers eclipsis: ina dteach

‘in which’ (triggers eclipsis, takes the dependent form of irregular verbs): ina bhfuil sé

Contraction of i (“in”) + a (various meanings).


ded

Bain an choirt ded mhuineál.


inár

Tá duine inár dteach.

Bhí siad ag caint inár dteanga.


fán

fán (mutation mutation-radical)
fhán (lenition mutation)
bhfán (eclipsis mutation)

(Ulster) Contraction of fá an (“about the”).


fén

(Munster) Contraction of fé an (“under the; about the”).


dá

‘to his, to its’ (triggers lenition)

‘to her, to its’ (triggers h-prothesis)

‘to their’ (triggers eclipsis)

‘to which’ (triggers eclipsis, takes the dependent form of irregular verbs)

Contraction of do + a (various meanings)

‘from his, from its’ (triggers lenition)

‘from her, from its’ (triggers h-prothesis)

‘from their’ (triggers eclipsis)

‘from which’ (triggers eclipsis, takes the dependent form of irregular verbs)

Contraction of de + a (various meanings)

dá fhad an bhóthar

however long the road (literally, “from its length the road”)

used with an abstract noun (which undergoes lenition) to denote a degree, equivalent to English however (“to whatever extent or degree”)

dá luaithe (is ea) is fearr

the sooner the better (literally, “from its earliness the better”)

used with an abstract noun (which undergoes lenition) followed by is ea is or just is to form the equivalent of English the... the...


faoin

under the

about the


gona

‘with his’ (triggers lenition)

‘with her’ (triggers h-prothesis)

‘with their’ (triggers eclipsis

Contraction of go (“with, having”) + a (various meanings).


ón

head

ón (triggers eclipsis or lenition depending on dialect)

depending on dialect (lenition triggers-eclipsis)

ón abhainn


insan

(archaic, dialectal) Alternative form of sa, san (“in the”)


arna

From ar (“on, upon”) + a (“his, her, their”).

‘upon his/its’ / ‘when he/it’ (triggers lenition): arna shailleadh

upon its being salted, when it had been salted

‘upon her/its’ / ‘when she/it’ (triggers h-prothesis): arna hinsint

upon its being told, when it had been told

‘upon their’ / ‘when they’ (triggers eclipsis): arna ndearbhú i gcruatan

upon their being tested in hardship, when they were tested in hardship

used with a verbal noun to indicate completion of an action and its direct object

masculine singular agreement triggers lenition: arna chur in eagar ag

feminine singular agreement triggers h-prothesis: arna hoscailt

plural agreement triggers eclipsis: arna bhfoilsiú ag

used to form the equivalent of a past participle that agrees with a third-person subject


lena

Fusion of le (“with”) with various meanings of a. The -n- is analogical to prepositions like i.

‘with his’ (triggers lenition): lena dheartháir

‘with her’ (triggers h-prothesis): lena hathair

‘with their’ (triggers eclipsis): lena ndeartháir

Contraction of le (“with”) + a (various meanings).


dod

dod (mutation mutation-radical)
dhod (lenition mutation)
ndod (eclipsis mutation)

Tabhair aire dod ghnóthaí féin!


fána

fána (mutation mutation-radical)
fhána (lenition mutation)
bhfána (eclipsis mutation)

Ulster form of faoina (“about his/her/their/which”)


óm

óm (mutation mutation-radical)
n-óm (eclipsis mutation)
hóm (mutation prothesis-h)
t-óm (mutation prothesis-t)

Bhí mé scartha amach óm dhaoine.

(Munster) Contraction of ó mo (“from my”).


óna

from his, its (triggers lenition)

from her, its (triggers h-prothesis)

from their (triggers eclipsis)

from which (triggers eclipsis, takes the dependent form of irregular verbs)


sna

From Old Irish isnaib (“in the m or f or n pl dative”), isna (“into the m or f or n pl accusative”).

inh

Tá sí ina cónaí sna hIndiacha Thiar.


fám

(Ulster) Contraction of fá mo (“about my”).


fád

(Ulster) Contraction of fá do (“about your sg”).


fód

fód (mutation mutation-radical)
fhód (lenition mutation)
bhfód (eclipsis mutation)

(dialectal) Contraction of fó do (“under/about your sg”).


nílir

[ˈnʲiːlʲəɾʲ]

Nílir sásta.

(Munster, otherwise archaic) Contraction of ní fhuilir.


fón

fón (mutation mutation-radical)
fhón (lenition mutation)
bhfón (eclipsis mutation)

Archaic form of faoin (“about the, under the”).


dár

head

dár (triggers lenition; used with regular past tense verbs)

ḱē gə rø šē ān ȳstə, xivnə šē əŕ x ilə ryd, dār xuələ šē.

1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 64:

Although he was very old, he remembered everything of which he heard.

Contraction of de + ar: of/from which/whom

gach díol dár fhulaing sé

Contraction of do + ar: to/for which/whom


dár

beagán dár muintir

gan aon dár mbuaireamh


faoina

‘under/about his’ (triggers lenition): faoina shúile

‘under/about her’ (triggers h-prothesis): faoina hascaill

‘under/about their’ (triggers eclipsis): faoina gcosa

Contraction of faoi (“under, about”) + a (“his, her, their”).


faoinár

/ˈfˠiːnˠɑːɾˠ/

Fuair sé bás faoinár lámha.


dosna

/ˈd̪ˠɔsˠn̪ˠə/

(Munster) Contraction of do na (“of/from the pl”).


lenár

/ˈlʲɛnˠɑːɾˠ/

lenár gcabhair


desna

/ˈdʲɛsˠn̪ˠə/

(Munster) Contraction of de na (“of/from the pl”).


ósna

(Munster) Contraction of ó na (“of/from the pl”).


trína

/ˈtʲɾʲiːnˠə/

through his, its (triggers lenition)
Nuair a chonaic Séadanta an cú ag teacht chuige, bhuail sé an crag leis an oiread sin nirt go ndeachaigh sé síos i mbéal an chon, agus trína chorp.
When Sétanta saw the hound coming at him, he hit the ball with so much force that it went into the hound's mouth and through its body.http://www.ibiblio.org/gaelic/Rhodes/sb.7.html

through her, its (triggers h-prothesis)

through their (triggers eclipsis)

through which (triggers eclipsis, takes the dependent form of irregular verbs)


trínár

/ˈtʲɾʲiːnˠɑːɾˠ/

trínár gcomhrá

Contraction of trí + ár (“through our”).


ót

ót theach

(Munster) Contraction of ó do (“from your sg”).


ód

Éirigh ód ghlúine.


arnár

arnár n-ungadh

upon our being anointed, when we are/were anointed

used with a verbal noun to indicate completion of an action and its direct object: ‘upon our’ / ‘when we’


ónár

Go nglana Dia sinn ónár bpeacaí.


fá'n

Superseded spelling of fán (“about the”).