ar éigean

Irish

Alternative forms
  • ar éigin

Etymology

From the Old Irish prepositional phrase ar éicin (“under compulsion”), from ar (“on account of”) + éicin (“necessity”, dat. sg.).

Adverb

ar éigean

  1. barely, scarcely, only just, with difficulty
    Tá sé beo ar éigean.
    He is barely alive.
  2. scarcely (probably not; certainly not)
    An dtiocfaidh sé? —Is ar éigean é.
    Will he come? —Scarcely.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • ar ais nó ar éigean (“willy nilly”)
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