inár

See also: inar

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪˈnˠaːɾˠ]

Contraction

inár (triggers eclipsis)

  1. contraction of i + ár
    Tá duine inár dteach.There is a person in our house.
    Bhí siad ag caint inár dteanga.They were speaking in our language.

Usage notes

This contraction is obligatory; that is, *i ár never appears uncontracted.

Irish preposition contractions
contracted with copular forms
base form an (the sg) na (the pl) mo (my) do (your) a (his, her, their; which (present)) ár (our) ar (which (past)) before a consonant before a vowel
present/future past/conditional
de (from) den de na
desna*
de mo
dem*
de do
ded*, det*
dár dar darb darbh
do (to, for) don do na
dosna*
do mo
dom*
do do
dod*, dot*
dár dar darb darbh
faoi (under, about) faoin faoi na faoi mo faoi do faoina faoinár faoinar faoinarb faoinarbh
i (in) sa, san sna i mo
im*
i do
id*, it*
ina inár inar inarb inarbh
le (with) leis an leis na le mo
lem*
le do
led*, let*
lena lenár lenar lenarb lenarbh
ó (from, since) ón ó na
ósna*
ó mo
óm*
ó do
ód*, ót*
óna ónár ónar ónarb ónarbh
trí (through) tríd an trí na trí mo trí do trína trínár trínar trínarb trínarbh

*dialectal

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Gamilaraay yinarr.

Noun

inár

  1. woman