idir

See also: idir-

Irish

Alternative forms

  • eidir

Etymology

From Old Irish eter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (between). Cognate with Latin inter (between) and Sanskrit अन्तर् (antár, between, within, into). Compare Scottish Gaelic eadar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪdʲəɾʲ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈɛdʲəɾʲ/ (also spelled eidir)

Preposition

idir (plus nominative, triggers no mutation, triggers lenition in the meaning ‘both (...and ...)’)

  1. between
    idir fir agus mnábetween men and women
  2. both (paired with agus (and))
    idir fhir agus mhnáboth men and women

Usage notes

In modern usage, this preposition has inflected forms only in the plural. Idir is used with nouns and with singular pronouns in combination with another noun or pronoun:

idir é agus mébetween him and me

In the meaning ‘between’, this preposition does not trigger any initial mutation. In the meaning ‘both (... and ...)’ it triggers lenition of both the word following it and the word following agus.

Inflection


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish etir.

Adverb

idir

  1. at all
    • Chan 'eil idir.Not at all.
    • Cha'n e idir.That is not it at all.
    • Cha tig e idir.He will not come at all.
    • No idir air a bhruicheadh.Nor even boiled.
    • Cha'n 'eil e gu math idir.He is not at all well.
    • Cha deanainn idir e.I would not do it on any account.
  2. yet

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
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