a-raoir

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

an-raoir
an-reidhir
an-roir
raoir
raidhir
rair
reidhir
reir

Etymology

From Old Irish irráir (“the time before the dawn”) (compare Irish aréir, Manx riyr).

Adverb

a-raoir

last night, last evening

Related terms

air bhòn-raoir (“the night before last”, adverb)

See also

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“irráir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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