ina thaobh

pog it · 22-11-2009 03:13PM #1

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?

Ceilteach · 22-11-2009 11:56PM

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?"

An gal gréine · 23-11-2009 02:40PM

....and widely used in Ciarraí.

dlofnep · 25-11-2009 03:47PM

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

pog it · 26-11-2009 12:28AM

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..'

Múinteoir · 26-11-2009 11:28AM

It means 'regarding' or 'about'.

makl · 17-12-2009 11:13PM

fá dtaobh up north

pog it · 17-12-2009 11:48PM

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

ina thaobh

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