Talk:bárach
Latest comment: 8 years ago by Ryba g in topic Meaning
Meaning[edit]
My understanding is that OI i mbárach means 'tomorrow', and márach is equivalent to Eng. morrow, but we cannot say that bárach on its own means 'tomorrow'. Anybody prove me wrong (providing quotes/sources)? Ryba g (talk) 17:34, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
- The noun bárach in Old Irish is sometimes used with other prepositions than i, and can be used in past-tense narratives, so it does seem to have some independence as a noun meaning "the morrow, the next day". See the citations given at the DIL entry I just added under ==References==. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 18:05, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you, Angr! To be on the safe side, I prefer to apply the semantic label of 'tomorrow' to OI i mbárach rather than to bárach, whenever both are named (as in the entries "amárach", "a-màireach", or "mairagh"). Ryba g (talk) 10:55, 29 October 2015 (UTC)