rem-

Old Irish

Etymology

The prefix counterpart to the preposition ré (“before”).

Prefix

rem- (pretonic remi-)

pre-, fore-, before
‎rem- + ‎téit (“to go”) → ‎remi·tét (“to go before, precede”)

‎rem- + ‎as·beir (“to say”) → ‎remi·epir (“to say, mention beforehand”)

‎rem- + ‎suidigud (“position”) → ‎remsuidigud (“preposition”)

Derived terms

Old Irish terms prefixed with rem-

Further reading

Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 851, page 527

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