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A GRAMMAR OF
other side ; over.
2. Motion to, or towards a place.
A letli-taobh, aside, to a side.
A 'n airde, upwards, up.
A nail, to this side.
. ' > to the ot
A nunn, 3
Air ais, bacinvards.
Air adhairt, Ì ^ ,
.■ I. • n <■ forward, onward.
Air aghaidh, j •' '
A sios, eastwards, downwards.
A siias, upwards, westwards.
Cia 'n car? Ì , ... , . , ^ , ^. >
ria 'n tanhli ' I whither '. ?« what direction f
C ionadh ? whither ? to jtjAai pface .^
Gu deas, \ , ,1 ,1. ., .,
,-. „ „ ■ 1 J > £0 "ie south, southward.
(jus an an-de deas, ) '
Giis an airde an ear, to the east, eastward.
Gus^an'aiVde tuath, } '" *'"^ "<"■'''' «'"'^/«''«'-'^-
H-uig agus uaithe, to and fro.
Le leathad, down hill.
Leis, j6'i<A, or down, the stream.
Mu 'n cuairt, round.
Nail, hitherwards.
T.J ' > to the other side.
Nunn, )
Ri bruthacli, upwards.
Ri leathad, downwards.
Sios, easf, eastwards.
Suas, wesi, westwards.
3. Mutioii from place.
A deas, /row </(c south.
A nuas, nuas, down, from above.
A tuath, from the north.
O 'n ear, from the east.
O 'n iar, from the ivesl^
Adverbs of Time are twofold ; namely, such as signify.
Some spccijic period, either past, present, futur
or indejinite.
A cheana, cheana, already.
A chianamh, chianamh, o little while ago.
A chlisge, chlisge, soon, quickly.
A choidhch, choidhch, ) -
A chaoidh, chaoidh, \ •''"" '^^'^''■
A ghnàth, always, usually.
A nis, Ì
. . > now.
A nise, 3
Air ball, immediately .
Air bhò 'n de, yesterday.
Air bhò 'n raoir, the night before last.
Air bhò 'n uiridh, the year before last.
Air deireadh, ) , , , . ,
Air dheireadh, 3 '"''' ''"'der,nost.
Air a mhionaid, immediately, this moment.
Air an uair, presently.
Air thoiseach, J „ , „
Air toiseach, 3 ■^''''' f°'"''ost.
Air thus, ) , ^ ^ y.
Air tùs, 3 "'/'■*'' foremost.
Air uairibh, at times, occasionally.
A la, by day.
Am bliadhiia, this year.
Am fad agus, whilst.
Am feadh, Ì , .,
An fheadh, ^ "^'"''^-
Am feasd, for ever, never in future.
Am màireach, to-morrow.
An ceart 'air, 1 . , . ,
An ceart uair, \ """"^d'ately, just now.
An de, yesterday.
An dearas, since, seeing that.
An deigh laimh, afterwards.
An diiigh, to-day.
An dràsda [an tràih so], at this time.
An ear-thrath, ) ^, , .
An iar-thrath, i ^^' ^''^ «/'^'' to-7norrow.
An la roiaih, the other day.
An nochd, to-night.
An raoir, ) , .
An rei<ll.ir, \ ^'''^ ""'^ht.
An sin, then, thereupon.
An so, then, hereupon.
An truth, when.
■ )/Ott', at this time.
An tràths', )
An tràth-so, 3
An uair, when.
An uiridh [an uair riiith], last year.
Aon uair, oiice.
A so suas, henceforward.
As ùr, a-new.
C nine, witen.
Do la, do lath, fey rfay.
Dh' oidhche, by night.
Dh' oidhche is do la, by night and by day.
Fathast, fhathast, yet, still.
FÒS, yet, still.
Idir, at all.
Mar tha, as it is.
Mu dheireadh, at last, at length.
Ni 's mo, any more.
Nur [an uair], when, whilst.
O cheann fad, long ago.
O cheann ghoirrid, lately.
O chian, of old.
Rianih, ever, {in reference to the past.)
Roimh laimh, beforehand.
Seach, seachad, past.
Uair, once, once on a time.
Uair gin,
Uair eiy
;in, ì
:igin, 3
sometime.
2. Continuance, vicissitude, or repeliliuji of time.
A ghnàth, ) ,
Do ghnàth, \ "^'"'"J'-
Ainmig, seldom.
Air uairibh, at times, sometimes.
Am bidheantas, ) ,. ,,
. , • 11 ;■ continually .
An comhnuidn, 3
An cumiiint, commonly .
Cia f had ? how long ?
Cia minic ? } , „^ ..
„. ^ . , ;• how often r
Cia trie ? 3
Fad, /owjr.
Fhadsa, as long as, so long.
Gu bràth, Ì n
Gulàbhràth,K'"'^^'^'--
Gu dilinn, to the end, ot failing of time.
Gu mini:;, often.
Gu sior,
Gu siorruidh.
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