i mbárach
Irish
[edit]Adverb
[edit]i mbárach
- Classical/deprecated spelling of amárach
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bárach, from Proto-Celtic *bāregos (“morning”) (compare Welsh bore (“morning”)). Folk etymology derives it from am ba árach (“cow tying time”) when cows were milked once each day.
Adverb
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Irish: amárach
- Manx: mairagh
- Scottish Gaelic: a-màireach
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bárach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language