a-nuas
See also: anuas and anúas
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish anúas, from an- + úas.
Adverb
a-nuas
- down and towards the speaker
- (dialectal) either up or down towards the speaker
Derived terms
- luchdaich a-nuas
Related terms
- a-nìos
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “a-nuas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “anúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language