317.
O’Rahilly
(Cecile): Notes on Irish idioms: 1.
d’fhóbair dom tuitim
.
In
Celtica 13
(1980), pp. 120–123.
Discusses
is ed mod
,
is ing
,
is ar éigin
‘scarcely, hardly’, and
is obair
‘it is hard, difficult’. Suggests that ModIr.
fhóbair
,
(fh)obair
‘almost’ represents a confusion of impersonal verb
fóbair
and use of
obair
replacing earlier
mod
.
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Classifications:
E 5.1.7.3 Verb, verbal noun: Individual forms
D 1.5 Phraseology, paroemiology
Indexes:
Words/Proper Names:
ar éigin
atá (responsive)
d’fhóbair dom tuitim
éigin
fhóbair
fhobair
fóbair
ing
is ar éigin
is ed mod
is ing
is obair
mod (is ed mod)
obair (is obair)