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“Iar-“ (after-, western, etc.) agus “Siar” (westwards. back in time, etc.) Posted by on Nov 13, 2010

(le Róislín) Last blog we looked at some uses of the prefix “iar-“ in compound words like “iarsholas,” “iarscoláire,” “iarbháis,” “iarmhír,” and “iarleann.”  The prefix “iar-“ is related to the Irish adverb “siar,” for which some basic meanings are “west(wards),” “back,” and “back in time.”  So “iar-“ can pertain to geography (“west” or “western”) as…

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