arnár

See also: Arnar and árnar

Irish

Etymology

From ar (“on, upon”) + ár (“our”).

Contraction

arnár (triggers eclipsis)

1. used with a verbal noun to indicate completion of an action and its direct object: ‘upon our’ / ‘when we’

   arnár n-ungadh ― upon our being anointed, when we are/were anointed

Related terms

• arna

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arnár”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN