Caibidil a Cúig: Prepositions (Réamhfhocail)

Case

thar requires the dative or accusative.

Initial Mutations nach thar

• without article: lenition e.g.: thar bhosca = over a box
  no lenition (in general terms) e.g.:  thar muir = overseas
• with the singular article: eclipsis (except d, t)  e.g. thar an mbosca = over the box
  • only in Munster also d,t are eclipsed
  • in Connacht t-prefix preceding feminine nouns with s-: thar an tsúil = beyond the eye
  • in Ulster always lenition: thar an bhosca = over the box

Interrogative

• Cé / cad thart = past whom, past what?

Combinations with personal pronouns

special form : thart = past it (adverbial), also applied: past

use

1. spatial movement of something to and beyond, horizontal (past) and vertical (over): thar an mbosca = over the box,  thar an dteach = past the house or over the house
2. also temporal over ... past : bhí sé thar am agat = it was overdue for you (lit.: "it is over the time at you")
3. also applied over ... past : thar chomhairle a athair = despite her father's adivce (lit.: "above the advice of her father")
4. Amount: (more than...., over....): thar bhliain = over a year, more than a year
5. certain comparative: ( more than ....): thar a bheith go maith = more than good