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ina thaobh

  • 22-11-2009 03:13PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭


    Would this be a Munster term for 'about it'? I hear 'faoi' used the most but I came across 'ina thaobh' in a grammar book and so I'm not sure what dialect uses it. anyone any ideas?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭Ceilteach


    pog it wrote: »
    Would this be a Munster term for 'about it'? I hear 'faoi' used the most but I came across 'ina thaobh' in a grammar book and so I'm not sure what dialect uses it. anyone any ideas?
    you'll hear cad ina thaobh pronounced as conathaobh, it has the same meaning as cad chuige i gConamara. Kind of "for why?"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭An gal gréine


    ....and widely used in Ciarraí.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    I would use i dtaobh occasionally. I use it when I'm trying to saying "concerning", similar to maidir le.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭pog it


    Thanks all. Had forgotten about cad ina thaobh and i dtaobh.. definitely Munster sounding. I use 'ó thaobh... de' as well but I have heard that often in Conamara. I just hadn't come across the 'ina thaobh' taobh of it before I posted :)
    Seems to mean same as 'faoi'.
    As in 'an bhfuil eolas agat ina thaobh..'


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭Múinteoir


    It means 'regarding' or 'about'.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 710 ✭✭✭makl


    fá dtaobh up north


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭pog it


    Ah thanks for that, that is a new one for me.. Ulster dialect really has some gems.


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