a-raoir
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- an-raoir
- an-reidhir
- an-roir
- raoir
- raidhir
- rair
- reidhir
- reir
Etymology
From Old Irish irráir (“the time before the dawn”) (compare Irish aréir, Manx riyr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈɾɤiɾʲ/
Adverb
a-raoir
- last night, last evening
- Nan robh e a-muigh a-raoir, cha bhiodh an creutair beò an-diugh. ― If he were out last night, the poor soul wouldn't have lived to see today.
Related terms
- a' bhòn-raoir (“the night before last”, adverb)
- air bhòn-raoir (“the night before last”, adverb)
See also
- an-dè
- a-nochd
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “a-raoir”, 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), “irráir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language