Grimoire Vocabulary — Prepositions

Rosmerta basking with a book from her library.

IrishOghamHow to say itEnglishSourceNote
ag᚛ᚐᚌ᚜EGatTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.6At. Used with the verbal noun for the present continuous (tá mé ag léamh, I am reading) and with personal pronouns for possession (tá leabhar agam, I have a book).
ar᚛ᚐᚏ᚜AIRonTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.6On. Used for emotions and bodily states: tá brón orm, sadness is on me, meaning I am sad.
le᚛ᚂᚓ᚜LEHwithWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.6With. Used for opinions (is maith liom, I like) and accompaniment.
i᚛ᚔ᚜IHinWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.6In. Triggers eclipsis: i mBaile Átha Cliath, in Dublin.
do᚛ᚇᚑ᚜DUHto/forTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.6To or for. Triggers lenition. Used for indirect objects.
de᚛ᚇᚓ᚜JEHof/fromTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.6Of or from. Triggers lenition. Used for partitives and origins.
ó᚛ᚑ᚜OHfrom/sinceTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.6From or since. Used for source and time.
faoi᚛ᚃᚐᚑᚔ᚜FEEunder/aboutWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.6Under or about. Triggers lenition.
roimh᚛ᚏᚑᚔᚋᚆ᚜RIVbeforeWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.6Before. Triggers lenition.
trí᚛ᚈᚏᚔ᚜TREEthroughTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.6Through. Triggers lenition.
thar᚛ᚈᚆᚐᚏ᚜HARover/pastTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.6Over or past.
as᚛ᚐᚄ᚜ASSout ofWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.6Out of. As Éirinn, from Ireland.
chuig / chun᚛ᚉᚆᚒᚔᚌ ᚉᚆᚒᚅ᚜KHIG / KHUNto/towardsGrimoire XI.6To or towards. Chun takes the genitive.
gan᚛ᚌᚐᚅ᚜GUNwithoutWiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.6Without. Gan airgead, without money.
idir᚛ᚔᚇᚔᚏ᚜ID-irbetweenWiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.6Between.

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