da-rìribh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish darírib, apparently from de ḟírib (literally “from truths”), but the source of the first r is unclear; it may have arise through conflation with expressions like ar fír (literally “on truth”) and iar fír (literally “through truth”).

Adverb

da-rìribh

  1. in earnest

Derived terms

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