roimh

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish rïam, the third-person singular masculine form of Old Irish ré, from Proto-Celtic *ɸrīs (compare Gaulish ris), from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognate with English first and Latin prīscus (“former”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɾˠivʲ/ === Preposition === roimh (plus dative, triggers lenition) before an duine a bhí romhat ― the person that was before you roimh a sé a chlog ― before six o’clock ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== roimh ré === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “roimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN