os cionn

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɔsˠˈcuːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /oːsˠˈciən̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /əsˠˈcɨ̞n̪ˠ/

os cionn (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation)

1. above

   Faoi dheireadh, bhí spéir gorm os ár gcionn.

   At last a blue sky was above us.

   Cad a chuirfidh tú os cionn na leapa?

   What will you put above the bed?

2. more than
3. beyond, exceeding
4. in charge of

• bunoscionn (“upside down”)
• os cionn talún (“above ground, overground”)

os cionn

1. above

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “os cionn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “os cionn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “os cionn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52

• (North Uist) IPA^(key): /ɔs̪ ˈkʲʰiuːn̪ˠ/^[1]
• (South Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /as̪ ˈkʲʰuːn̪ˠ/^[2][3]

os cionn (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

1. above

   Antonym: fo

   mu dheireadh thall, bha adhar gorm os ar cionn ― at long last a blue sky was above us

   dè a chuireas tu os cionn na leapa? ― what will you put above the bed?

• os-cionn