roimh

Before with Roimh

Level 3

Roimh expresses before: roimh an gcruinniú. Its inflected forms include romham and roimhe; distinguish it from temporal roimhe seo.

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Roimh expresses before: roimh an gcruinniú. Its inflected forms include romham and roimhe; distinguish it from temporal roimhe seo.

Roimh expresses a before relationship in time or position. With a pronoun it has forms such as romham and roimhe. Before the article its mutation follows the relevant preposition-plus-article rules; do not apply the bare-preposition pattern without the article.

Examples (3)

  1. Tháinig mé roimh an gcruinniú.

    I came before the meeting.

  2. Bhí sí romham.

    She was ahead of me.

  3. D'ith siad roimh an obair.

    They ate before work.

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