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iarr.

to want (used in the progressive tenses)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/iəɾˠ/
  1. to want (used in the progressive tenses)

    modal
    An bhfuil tú ag iarraidh a theacht aníos liomsa anois?
  2. to ask, ask for, request

  3. to try, attempt

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish íarraid, from íar (“after”), from Proto-Celtic *eɸirom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“near, at, against”); compare Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on, over, at”).

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