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Meaning of ar | Babel Free

Preposition CEFR A2
ɛɾʲ

Definitions

  1. on
    with-dative
  2. Used with a variety of nouns to indicate feelings and minor medical conditions
    with-dative
  3. Used with a verbal noun to indicate a state
    with-dative
  4. upon (with a verbal noun plus personal form of do indicating the subject of the verb)
    with-dative
  5. upon (with a (“his, her, their”)—indicating the subject of an intransitive verb or the object of a transitive verb—plus verbal noun to indicate completion of an action)
    with-dative
  6. must, have to
    with-dative

Examples

“Tá áthas orm.”

I am glad.

“Tá ocras orm.”

I am hungry.

“Tá slaghdán orm.”

I have a cold.

“ar crith”

trembling

“ar foluain”

hovering

“ar díol”

for sale

“ar éirí dom”

when I get/got up; upon my rising

“ar a theacht / arna theacht”

when he comes/came; on his coming

“ar a chríochnú dom / arna chríochnú dom”

when I (had) completed it; upon my completion of it

“Bhí orainn anailís a dhéanamh ar bhlúirí a bhí bainte as téacs.”

We had to analyse fragments abstracted from a text.

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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