amuigh

From Middle Irish ammaig, from Old Irish i mmaig (literally “in a field”).^[1] For the same semantic development compare colloquial Welsh mas (“out”) < i'r maes (literally “to the field”) and Breton er-maez (“out, outside”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈmˠɪɟ/
• (Cork) IPA^(key): /əˈmˠʊ/^[2]
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /əˈmˠiː/^[3]
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /əˈmˠʊ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /əˈmˠɪç/^[4] (as if spelled amuich)

amuigh

1. out, outside (static position outside)
2. outer, protruding [with ag ‘from’]
3. outstanding, due
4. in error

• amach faoin spéir (“out in the open”)
• amuigh agus amach (“out and away”)
• amuigh agus istigh ar (“approximately”)
• lasmuigh (“outside”)
• taobh amuigh (“outside”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “amuigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN