ar scáth a
Irish
Etymology
Literally, “for the sake of all that”
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɛɾʲˈsˠkɑːh ə/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɛɾʲˈsˠkɑː (ə)/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɛɾʲˈsˠkaː (ə)/
Conjunction
ar scáth a
- for all…
- ar scáth ar miste liom; ar scáth ar chuma liom ― for all I care
- ar scáth a bhfuil de mhaith ann ― for all the use he is
- ar scáth a raibh a fhios aici ― for all she knew
- 1906, Quiggin, E. C., A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70:
- ɛr skα: ə wïlʹ ə ji:ç erʹ
- ar scáth a bhfuil a dhíth air (conventional orthography)
- for all that it wants
- ɛr skα: ə wïlʹ ə ji:ç erʹ