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’ad

'ad

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ad"

English

Verb

’ad

  1. (Britain, dialectal or slang) Alternative form of had
    1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, xxix
    ’Ere y’are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad. A tosheroon [half a crown] 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.’

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ɑt̪ˠ/, /ɑːt̪ˠ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ad̪ˠ/

Pronoun

’ad (emphatic ’adsa)

  1. Galway form of agat

References

  • Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 298.