isteach
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- 'steach (nonstandard)
- a-steach, aisdeach, aisteach, asdeach, asteach, isdeach, sdeach, steach, stioch (obsolete)[1]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish istech (literally “into the house”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
isteach
See also[edit]
Irish adverbs of direction and position
| Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Motion from |
|---|---|---|---|
| above, up | suas | thuas | anuas |
| below, down | síos | thíos | aníos |
| east | soir | thoir | anoir |
| west/back | siar | thiar | aniar |
| north | ó thuaidh | thuaidh | aduaidh |
| south | ó dheas | theas | 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 | anall |
| over here | — | — | anonn |
| inside | isteach | istigh | — |
| outside | amach | amuigh | — |
References[edit]
- ^ “isteach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “istech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 59
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 100
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 51
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “isteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN