ar aghaidh

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish ar agaid (“before, in front of”, literally “in front of the face of”), from Old Irish agad (“face”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ɛɾʲ ˈəiɟ/ (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ɛɾʲ ˈəi/ === Preposition === ar aghaidh (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation) in front of, opposite, facing ==== Usage notes ==== Used with a possessive pronoun that agrees with the subject of the sentence, the prepositional phrase can be used as an adverb meaning “forwards, straight ahead”, for example Chuaigh mé díreach ar m’aghaidh (“I went straight ahead”); Tar ar d’aghaidh beagán (“Come forward a little bit”). ==== Inflection ==== === Adverb === ar aghaidh forward ==== Derived terms ==== ceann ar aghaidh (“headlong; on purpose”) === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ar aghaidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “ar aghaidh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “ar aghaidh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026