máguaird
Irish
Alternative forms
- mágcuaird, mágcuairt, má gcuairt
- má-gcuaird, má-gcuairt (superseded)[1]
Etymology
From Middle Irish ima cúairt, from Old Irish imma cúairdd (literally “around their circuit”). Cognate with Manx mygeayrt.
Adverb
máguaird
- all around
- surrounding
- an tír máguaird ― the surrounding country
- an ceantar máguaird ― environs
References
- “máguaird”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mágcuaird”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 456
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “máguaird”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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