a-mach
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See also: amach
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]a-mach
- out, outwards (implies motion)
- An tèid thu a-mach a-nochd?
- Will you go out tonight?
- Thiginn a steach a rithist ged a chuirteadh a mach mi.
- I would come in again though I were put out.
Derived terms
[edit]- a-muigh no a-mach (“at all”)
- dol a-mach (“behaviour; outset”)
- dubh a-mach (“erase”)
- fàgail a-mach (“exception”)
- sa chiad dol a-mach (“initially”)
See also
[edit]Scottish Gaelic adverbs of direction and position
| Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Motion from |
|---|---|---|---|
| above, up | suas | shuas | a-nuas |
| below, down | sìos | shìos | a-nìos |
| east | an ear, sear | ||
| west | an iar, siar | ||
| north | a tuath | ||
| south | a deas | ||
| over there | a-null, a-nunn | thall | a-nall, a-bhos |
| over here | a-nall, a-bhos | a-bhos | a-null, a-nunn |
| abroad | a-null thairis | thall thairis | a-nall thairis |
| inside | a-steach | a-staigh | — |
| outside | a-mach | a-muigh | — |