Esszet wrote:
Is "before...not" sul nach, sulnach, or something different entirely? It seems like something simple enough, but I found pretty much nothing for sul nach (as well as sulnach) online, so I'm asking you guys.
There are very few example in corpas.ria.ie:
Cinnlae Amhlaoibh Uí Shúileabháin (1828) wrote:
Taisbeanann so go rabhadar na h-aontaighe reamhraighte se ar bun sul nachar aistrigheadh na h-amanna on sean-aireamh gus an aireamh-aimsire nua. Maidin aoibhin aorach nealtana ciuin; la min marbh ciuin nealtach.
Cúrsaidhe na gCuartaidhthe (1900) wrote:
A Bhríghid na gcumann, nach bhfuil 'fhios agat maith go leór go raibh Éire faoi bhláth sul ná dtáinic na cuartaidhthe i n-ár dtír.
Éigse Suadh is Seanchaidh (1850) wrote:
Ar do ghaisgeadh, fath nách fann,
Is eadh adubhairt Conall,
Sul nách folcha talamh de
Fagham-ne fios do shloinne.
Examples froim eDIL
Quote:
sul nach sgarud
sul nar fagaibh
I'd suppose, "sul nach" is impossible in Modern Irish.