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Meaning of air | Babel Free

Preposition
ɛɾʲ

Definitions

  1. on, upon
    with-dative
  2. form of thar; rarely used outside of the old counting system
    form-of, triggers-lenition, with-genitive
  3. in (certain geographical contexts)
    with-dative
  4. of, concerning
    with-dative
  5. by
    with-dative
  6. from
    with-dative
  7. Used to indicate inalienable possession, feelings and minor medical conditions
    idiomatic, with-dative
  8. for, on account of, by means of, through, within (triggers lenition)
    with-dative
  9. Used with a verbal noun to indicate a state (triggers lenition)
    with-dative
  10. must, have to
    with-dative
  11. or (triggers lenition)
    with-dative
  12. Used with a verbal noun to indicate the perfect tense; after
    with-dative
  13. however, in spite of, despite
    with-dative

Examples

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

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