Prepositions

Propositions are such as either never join with pronouns or compounds or such as may be thus combined; of the first kind are the following:

a	in, out of	os	above, over
bar	by	reir	according to
fa	about, untio	ria	before
fud	among	sa, san	in (contraction from ansa)
gan	without	seaċ, seaċa	in comparison with
go, gus	to	timċioll	about
iar	after	trid	through
mar	as, like

Fa is however used in composition with diaiġ, &c. though not with prounouns; iar is also sometimes compounded with substantives, as iar-ball, a tail.

Prepositions which unit in compounds with pronouns.

ag	at with	ion	in
an, ann	in	le	with
ar, air	on upon	ó	from
as	out of	re, ris	with
ċuige	towards	roiṁ	before
ċum	to, unto	seaċ	by, besides, without, except
de, di	of, by, off, from	tar	over, across, above
do	to	tre, tri	through
eidir, idir	between	uaḋ	from
fa, fo, fu, faoi, fuḋ	under	um, uim, uime	about, upon

To the prepositions we may add a taoiḃ, and do taoḃ, concerning; an aġaiḋ against, a metaphorical use of agaid, the face, and in frequent use, thus—am aġaiḋ, in opposition to me.

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grammar of the irish language—mason—1842