That's because you know some Irish by your ear - not the worst way to know it!

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mórthimpeall ar- all around

I wonder if not maybe both are correct?

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Bhí na goirt mórthimpeall orm.

Bhí an spéir máguaird srl

I'm starting to wonder the same thing now. I was thinking that thar and thart were unrelated, but it looks like they're different forms of the same word. http://nualeargais.ie/gnag/thar.htm

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ça y est - j'ai trouvé - I knew I'd seen it somewhere, it's in the Dillon & Cróinín - mórthimpeall on pages 106 and 75 (as Rossaí has given) and the other prefix I was thinking of is fíor as in fíor-bheagán on page 154. The other thing I was wondering that I could replace lámh by dorn, and then use the word lámh to mean an arm.

I have always taken thar to mean over (a wall).more than, past or beyond while thart means around, about or surrounding.

I'd agree with that, but then there are other contexts like "tá sé thart" (it's over/finished/past).

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