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as.

out of

2 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

prep/asˠ//ɑsˠ/Munster/æsˠ/Aran
  1. out of

    triggers-no-mutation · with-dative
    Tóg leabhar aníos as an mála.
    Tá Cathal ag déanamh bríste as an éadach.
  2. from (a place)

    triggers-no-mutation · with-dative
    Beidh Pádraig ag teacht as Meiriceá amárach.
    Is as an nGearmáin í.
  3. off

    triggers-no-mutation · with-dative
    Tá boladh as an madra sin.
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish ass (“out of it”), the third-person singular inflected form of a (“out of”) (compare Scottish Gaelic à), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (compare Latin ex).

noun
  1. shoe

    literary · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish as (“shoe, slipper”).

noun
  1. milk

    literary · masculine
adv/asˠ//ɑsˠ/Munster/æsˠ/Aran
  1. off (in or into a state of non-operation or non-existence: of a machine, light, etc.)

    Cas as an raidió.
    Chuir mé an solas as.
  2. out (in or into a state of non-operation or non-existence: of a fire, etc.)

    Tá an tine as.
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish ass.

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