Meaning of ar | Babel Free

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.

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