ar feadh

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈfʲaɡ/[1], (before an) /ɛɾʲˈfʲa/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈfʲa/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈfʲæ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈfʲɨ̞ɡ/[2]

Preposition

ar feadh (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation)

for (over a period of time)
ar feadh trí lá ― for three days

ar feadh tamaill, ar feadh píosa ― for a while
during
ar feadh an lae ― during the day

Inflection

For semantic reasons, only third-person possessive determiners are found with this preposition:

ar a fheadh (“for/during it m”)
ar a feadh (“for/during it f”)
ar a bhfeadh (“for/during them”)

Synonyms

i rith

References

Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 73
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42

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