, for sar = sul, lest, that not, before; thar a n-imtheochadh éinnídh air, lest anything may happen to him (M.).

, thársta

, prep. pr., 3 pl., beyond them; over, across, round, through, past by, etc., them; also tarsta, tarsa, tórsa. See <<tar>>, prep.

see <<tart>>^II

, a. and ad., south, southward; theas i gCorcaigh, in Cork in the south; níl sé ann thoir, theas ná thuaidh, it is not there east, south or north, it is not there at all. See <<deas>>.

(shiar)

, a., west, western, westward, behind; beidh sé thiar ort, you will not succeed in doing it, you will suffer by it, you will be at a disadvantage by it; go raibh sé thiar ar mhac an ríogh, that the king's son could not perform it; an rud do bhí thiar air, the thing that was beyond his power; thiar i gCill Áirne, in Killarney in the west; thiar 'san pháirc, in the field to the west (said of a field only a little distance away); sagart s'againne thiar againne, our priest over here, a Don. shibboleth, the pronunciation in S. W. Don. being sagart s'aghainne thiar aghainne; d'fhág sé thiar é, he swallowed it (Don.); tá an diabhal thiar ort, you are an unfortunate or wicked fellow (M.).

, around me; thart timcheall, round about, in view; pron. timpeall; often with le.

, ad., below, beneath; thíos fá'n dtalamh, below, underneath the ground; thíos annso, just a little way off, with the falling of ground between; tá sé thíos annso, he or it is just a little way off, in the hollow (a small incline justifies the phrase); ní mise bheidh thíos leis, I shall not be at a loss by it, it will not be laid to my charge, I shall not be blamed for it; thíos ag an ndoras, below at the door (the fireplace being the point from which the door is regarded as being below); bhfuil sé thíos agat, have you written it down? also have you it below? also have you it on the fire? thíos im' phócadh, in my pocket.

, toir, ad., east, eastward, in the east, to the east; an Domhan Toir, the Eastern world. as is the case with similar words, a place or thing is said to be thoir, even when only a short distance away: tá an bhó thoir 'san pháirc, the cow is in the field to the east, just a little way off; thoir i gCorcaigh, in Cork, in the east.

See <<thart>>.

, -e, m., the north, northern, Baile an Tuaidhe (i.e. the town of the north), Ballintoy, a town in the far north of county Antrim; ó thuaidh, to the north; a dtuaidh, from the north; an taobh thuaidh, the northern side, the northern part; an ghaoth a dtuaidh, the north wind, fig. misfortune, calamity; an bóthar ó thuaidh, the road leading northwards.

, shuas, ad., above, on high; in the south; thuas ar neamh, in heaven above; níl sé ann thíos ná thuas, it is not there above or below, it is not there at all; thuas ar na cnocaibh, on the hills; thuas 'san tseomra, in the room above, that is in the room next the fireplace, but in the same flat, as contrasted with the room leading from the end of the house farthest from the fireplace with regard to which we say thíos 'san tseomra or 'san tseomra thíos: ní tusa bheidh thuas leis, it is not you will profit by it. See <<suas>>.