Prepositions

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For a definition of preposition see the page Preposition (definition)

Gaelic has both simple prepositions and complex ones. In this article you'll find first a list of all the prepositions, then at the bottom you'll find some useful charts about how prepositions inflect for person and number.


List of Gaelic Simple Prepositions

List of Gaelic Complex and Compound Prepositions

(List taken from Mark 2004:686 and Lamb 2003:49)

  • a chum 'for the purpose of' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • a dh'ionnsaigh 'towards' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • a rèir 'according to' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • a thaobh 'regarding' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitivecase)
  • air cùlaibh 'behind' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • air feadh 'amongst' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • air muin 'on top of' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • air sgàth 'for the sake of' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • air son/airson 'for'/'because' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • air tòir ' in pursuit of (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • am fianais 'in the presence of' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • am measg 'among' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • an aghaidh 'against' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • an àite 'in place of' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • an ceann 'within' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • an coinneamh 'met with' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • an coimeas ri 'compared to' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the dative case)
  • an dèidh 'after' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • an làthair 'in the presence of' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • an taca ri 'next to' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the dative case)
  • às aonais 'without' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • às eugmhais 'without' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • às leth 'on behalf of' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • às dèidh 'after' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • barrachd air 'in addition to' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the dative case)
  • ceangailte ri 'tied to' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the accusative case)
  • coltach ri 'similar to' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the accusative case)
  • còmhla ri 'along with' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the dative case)
  • cuide ri 'along with' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the dative case)
  • fa chomhair 'opposite' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • faisg air 'close to' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the dative case)
  • goirid air 'close to' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the dative case)
  • làmh ri 'next to', 'compared to' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the dative case)
  • maille ri 'along with' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the dative case)
  • mu chomhair 'opposite' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • mu dheidhinn 'concerning' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • mu thimcheall 'regarding' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • mun cuairt 'around' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitivecase)
  • mun cuairt air 'around" (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the dative case)
  • os cionn 'above' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the genitive case)
  • gu ruige 'as far as, up to' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the accusative case)
  • seachad air 'past' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the dative case)
  • suas ri 'up to' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the dative case)
  • thairis air 'across' (followed by a noun or noun phrase in the dative case)


List of Gaelic Adverbial Particles (intransitive prepositions)

  • a-bhàn 'down', 'downwards'
  • a-nìos 'up', 'upwards'


The Inflection of Gaelic Prepositions

Gaelic Prepositions inflect for person, number and gender when they take a pronoun as an object. For example if we were to say "at me", we use the inflected form "agam".

External Links

References

  • Mark, Colin (2004) The Gaelic-English Dictionary/Am faclair Gàidhlig-Beurla. London: Routledge
  • Lamb, William (2003) Scottish Gaelic. 2nd edition. Munich: Lingcom Europa
  • Deiseal Earranta tta (2006) Reference Cards: Sealbhairean Roimhearach/Riochdairean Roimhearach.