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roimh.

before

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

prep/ɾˠivʲ/
  1. before

    triggers-lenition · with-dative
    an duine a bhí romhat
    roimh a sé a chlog
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish rïam, the third-person singular masculine form of Old Irish ré, from Proto-Celtic *ɸrīs (compare Gaulish ris), from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognate with English first and Latin prīscus (“former”).

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