air sàilleabh

== Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === air sàillibh, air sàilleibh, air tàilleabh, air tàilleibh, air tàillibh, air tàille === Etymology === Alteration of Old Irish asa aithle (“afterwards, thereafter; as a consequence of”), from the verb ad·len (“to adhere, follow, come after”). Forms such as air tàilleabh are influenced by the word tàille (“fee; charge; wage”). === Pronunciation === (Uist) IPA(key): /əɾʲ ˈs̪aːʎu/ === Preposition === air sàilleabh (+ genitive or possessive determiner) (chiefly Uist) on account of, because as a consequence of ==== Synonyms ==== (because) a chionn, air sgàth, airson, oir, ri linn, thoradh === References === MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “tàille, tàilleabh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language