'ad
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ad"
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]’ad
- (British, dialectal or slang) Alternative form of had
- 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXIX, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC, pages 214–215:
- “’Ere y'are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad. A tosheroon [half a crown][sic] for the coat, two ’ogs for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ’og for the cap and scarf. That's seven bob.”
Anagrams
[edit]Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]’ad (emphatic ’adsa)
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 298, page 141
- ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 403.15, page 84