ar aba

See also: araba, arába, arabá, àraba, arāba, arābā, and arabă

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish apa (“reason, cause”), verbal noun of *ad·ben.

Preposition

ar aba (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

  1. (literary) on account of

References
  • "aba" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 apa” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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