dá bhrí sin
Irish
Etymology
From dá (“from its”) + bhrí (“significance”) + sin (“that”); thus literally “from the significance of that”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d̪ˠɑː ˈvʲɾʲiː ʃɪnʲ/
- (Aran, also) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɑː ˈvʲɾʲiːn ʃɪn/[1] (as if spelled dá bhrín sin)
Adverb
dá bhrí sin
- therefore, thence, because of that
- wherefore, so (with the result that)
References
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 56.
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “bríġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 87
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “brí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bhrí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bhrí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.