amuigh
See also: a-muigh
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish ammaig, from Old Irish i mmaig (literally “in a field”). For the same semantic development compare colloquial Welsh out < i'r maes (literally “to the field”)
Pronunciation
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Adverb
amuigh
- out, outside (static position outside)
- away, at a distance, afar
- outer, out of position, protruding
- emerged, come out
- in existence, extant
- served; (card games) dealt
- due
- in error
- at variance
- spent; concluded
- (agriculture) out of cultivation
Derived terms
- amach faoin spéir (“out in the open”)
- amuigh agus amach (“out and away”)
- amuigh agus istigh ar (“approximately”)
- taobh amuigh (“outside”)
See also
Irish adverbs of direction and position
Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Stationary position on the indicated side |
Motion from |
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above, up | suas | thuas | lastuas | anuas |
below, down | síos | thíos | laistíos | aníos |
east | soir | thoir | lastoir | anoir |
west/back | siar | thiar | laistiar | aniar |
north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | lastuaidh | aduaidh |
south | ó dheas | theas | laisteas | aneas |
northeast | soir ó thuaidh | thoir thuaidh | — | anoir aduaidh |
northwest | siar ó thuaidh | thiar thuaidh | — | aniar aduaidh |
southeast | soir ó dheas | thoir theas | — | anoir aneas |
southwest | siar ó dheas | thiar theas | — | aniar aneas |
over there | sall | thall | lastall | anall |
over here | — | — | — | anonn |
inside | isteach | istigh | laistigh | — |
outside | amach | amuigh | lasmuigh | — |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amuigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 immaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language