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Cmpd: compound preposition
In Irish, a simple preposition can be combined with a noun to give a compound preposition. Nouns following compound prepositions are inflected in the genitive case (see Case).
Examples
A list of all compound prepositions is as follows:
| ar aghaidh an dorais | "opposite the door" | ar chúl an tí | "behind the house" | ar feadh míosa | "for a month" | ar fud na háite | "throughout the place |
| ar lorg oibre | "searching for work" | ar nós na gaoithe | "like the wind" | ar son Dé | "for God's sake" | d'ainneoin na taoide | "in spite of the tide" |
| de bharr troda | "as a result of fighting" | de chois an tí | "near the house" | de chóir an tí | "near the house" | de dheasca an óil | "as a result of drink" |
| de dhíobháil airgid | "for want of money" | de réir cirt | "by right" | de réir an scéil | "according to the story" | de thairbhe an eolais | "on account of the knowledge" |
| faoi bhráid an rí | "before the king" | faoi bhun tríocha | "under thirty" | faoi cheann bliana | "within a year" | faoi choinne uisce | "to fetch water" |
| faoi choinne bhean an tí | "for (the benefit/purpose of) the woman of the house" | faoi dhéin | "for the purpose of" | go ceann míosa | "for a month (duration)" | i bhfeighil an tí | "in charge of the house" |
| i bhfianaise Dé | "before God (as a witness)" | i bhfochair Sheáin | "in John's company" | i dteannta a chéile | "together" | i dtrátha a sé | "about six o'clock" |
| i dtuilleamaí Mháire | "depending on Mary" | i gcaitheamh an lae | "during the day" | i gceann míosa | "in a month's time" | i gcionn oibre | "(set) to work" |
| i gcóir an tae | "for tea" | i gcosamar Thomáis | "in Tom's company" | i gcuideachta na bpáistí | "in the company of the children" | i lár na páirce | "in the middle of the field" |
| i láthair an tsagairt | "before the priest (in the presence of)" | i mbun an tí | "in charge of the house" | i measc na bpáistí | "among the children" | i ndiaidh na cainte sin | "after that talk" |
| i rith an gheimhridh | "during the winter" | in aghaidh na gaoithe | "against the wind" | in aice an tí | "near the house" | in airicis Mháire | "to meet Mary" |
| in éadan an Rialtais | "against the government" | in ionad scuaibe | "instead of a brush" | le cois an airgid | "along with the money (as well as)" | le haghaidh an dinnéir | "for dinner (purpose)" |
| le hais an dorais | "beside the door" | le linn an chogaidh | "during the war" | os cionn an dorais | "above the door" | os coinne an tí | "opposite the house" |
| os comhair na cúirte | "before the court" | tar éis an dinnéir | "after dinner" | thar ceann an dochtúra | "on behalf of the doctor" |
Examples taken from Christian Brothers 1994.
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