roimhe

See also: Róimhe

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish reme, remi, roime, replacing earlier ríam, from Old Irish rïam.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɾˠɪvʲə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠɨ̞̃vʲə/[1]; /ˈɾˠɨ̞mʲə/[2] (as if spelled roime)

Pronoun

roimhe (emphatic roimhesean)

  1. third-person singular masculine of roimh: before him/it m

Adverb

roimhe

  1. already, before

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 98, page 39
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 298, page 106

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish reme, remi, roime, replacing earlier ríam, from Old Irish rïam.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɾɔ̃jə/, /ˈɾɛ̃.ə/

Adverb

roimhe

  1. before, formerly

Pronoun

roimhe (emphatic roimhesan)

  1. third-person singular masculine of ro: before him/it

See also
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