English

Verb

’ad

1. (Britain, dialectal or slang) Alternative form of had

   1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, xxix

   ‘’Ere y’are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad. A tosheroon [half a crown] for the coat, two ’ogs for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ’og for the cap and scarf. That’s seven bob.’

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ɑt̪ˠ/, /ɑːt̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ad̪ˠ/

Pronoun

’ad ‎(emphatic ’adsa)

1. Galway form of agat

References

• Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 298.