Irish

Alternative forms

• ar fhad (Cois Fharraige)

Adverb

ar fad

1. still (up to a time, as in the preceding time)

   An bhfuil sé beo ar fad?‎

   Is he still alive?

2. all, fully

   Glaofaidh mé an mhuintir eile ar fad.‎

   I’ll call all the others.

   Ní drochdhuine ar fad é.‎

   He is not all bad.

3. always

   Tá teach na mbocht ansin ar fad.‎

   There is always the workhouse.

   Is ag bisiú ar fad atá sé.‎

   It is getting better and better.

4. quite, clean (to the greatest extent, fully, completely)

   Sin scéal eile ar fad.‎

   That is quite another thing.

   Rinne mé dearmad ar fad air.‎

   I clean forgot.

   a mhalairt ar fad‎ ― quite the contrary

5. altogether (without exception, wholly, completely)

   Tá sé lasmuigh de mo raonsa ar fad.‎

   It’s off my beat altogether.

6. away (on; in continuance; without intermission or delay)

   Bhí an tine ina caor ar fad.‎

   The fire was blazing away.

7. long, in length (with units of measurement)
   • 1988, Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Learning Irish, Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-04224-8, p. 100:

     Tá an t-oileán é féin timpeall’s trí mhíle ar leithead agus míle ar fhad.

     The island itself is about three miles wide and one mile long.

Synonyms

• (still): i gcónaí, fós
• (all): go léir
• (always): i gcónaí

Derived terms

• an cúrsa ar fad a thabhairt ‎(“to come full circle”)