ionsar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From synonymous d'ionsaí (from d' (“to”) + ionsaí (“approach”)) + ar (“upon”)

Preposition

ionsar (plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. to, towards

Inflection

Inflection of ionsar
Person: simple emphatic
singular first ionsorm ionsormsa
second ionsort ionsortsa
third m ionsair ionsairsean
f ionsuirthi ionsuirthise
plural first ionsorainn ionsorainne
second ionsoraibh ionsoraibhse
third ionsorthu ionsorthusan

Quotations

  • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
    Chuaidh sé ionns’ ar an rígh ⁊ fuair sé é ar shuidheachán san gharrdha, ⁊ d’iarr sé airgiod air.
    He went unto the king, and found him seated in the garden, and he asked him for some money.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “ionsar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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