air
Mìneachaidhean
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on, upon with-dative
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form of thar; rarely used outside of the old counting system form-of, triggers-lenition, with-genitive
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in (certain geographical contexts) with-dative
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of, concerning with-dative
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by with-dative
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from with-dative
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Used to indicate inalienable possession, feelings and minor medical conditions idiomatic, with-dative
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for, on account of, by means of, through, within (triggers lenition) with-dative
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Used with a verbal noun to indicate a state (triggers lenition) with-dative
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must, have to with-dative
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or (triggers lenition) with-dative
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Used with a verbal noun to indicate the perfect tense; after with-dative
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however, in spite of, despite with-dative
Eisimpleirean
“air bàrr a' bhalla”
on top of the wall
“tha mi air an rathad”
I'm on my way
“air m' fhacal, chan innis mi dhi”
on my word, I will not tell her
“beag air bheag”
little by little
“air a' Ghàidhealtachd”
in the Highlands
“air an dùthaich”
in the countryside
“iomradh air do ghliocas”
a report of thy wisdom
“air ainm”
by name
“theich an duine orm”
the man fled from me
“dè an t-ainm a tha ort?”
what's your name?
“tha an t-acras orm”
I'm hungry
“tha falt dubh orra”
they have black hair
“tha an cnatan oirre”
she has a bad cold
“air an adhbhar sin”
for that reason
“air bheag de làithean”
within a few days
“bha mi air bhoil às dèidh dhomh siud fhaicinn”
I was enraged after I saw that
“bhiomaid air chall nan robh sinn anns a' choille ud”
we'd be lost if we were in that forest
“thèid mi air chèilidh air mo sheanmhair”
I will visit my grandmother
“tha e air ri phàigheadh”
he has to pay
“rud air choreigin”
something or other
“tha mi air an obair a dhèanamh”
I have done the work
“bha iad uile air falbh sa mhadainn”
they had all left in the morning
“bhithinn air faighinn às leis”
I would have gotten away with it
“air cho fuar 's gum biodh an oidhche, rachainn ann”
however cold the night might be, I would go there
“deich air fhichead”
thirty
“a' dol air beinn”
going over a mountain
Faic cuideachd
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