a-steach

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Irish

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Adverb

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a-steach

  1. Obsolete spelling of isteach.

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish istech (literally into the house).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /(ə)ˈʃtʲɛx/, /(ə)ˈʃtʃɛx/

Adverb

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a-steach

  1. in, inside, inwards (implies movement)
    Thigibh a-steach, a chàirdean.
    Come in, friends.
    Thiginn a-steach a-rithist ged a chuirteadh a-mach mi.
    I would come in again though I were put out.

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “istech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language