ar ais

See also: arais, aráis, and árais

Irish

Alternative forms

• ar n-ais, thar n-ais (Munster)

Etymology

From a conflation of Middle Irish ar ais, for ais, tar ais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈaʃ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /əˈɾˠæʃ/, /əˈɾʲæʃ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈæʃ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɛɾʲˈæʃ/, /ɛɾʲˈɛʃ(tʲ)/

Adverb

ar ais

1. back (to or in a previous condition or place)
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100:

     ȷ iniš mē ʒō, nuəŕ hukń̥ ərǽš, gə ńīnń̥ ē.

     [D’inis mé dhó, nuair a thiocfainn ar ais, go ndéanfainn é.]

     I told him I would do it when I came back.

     køńə ʒom ē šə, gə ȷȧgə mē ərǽš.

     [Coinnigh dhom é seo go dteaga mé ar ais.]

     Keep this for me until I come back.