The use of the proper Prepositions has been already shown in the composition of adverbial phrases, and of the improper Prepositions. The following examples show the further use of them in connection with Nouns and Verbs, and in some idiomatic expressions which do not always admit of being literally rendered in English.
Ag, aig.
At: aig an dorus, at the door; aig an tigh, at the house, at home.
By reason of: aig ro mheud aighir 's a shòlais, by reason of his great joy and satisfaction, Smith's Seann dàna, p. 9; ag meud a mhiann through intense desire, Psal. lxxxiv. 2, metr. vers.; ag lionmhoireachd, Psal. xl. 5.
Signifying possession: tha tuill aig na sionnaich, the foxes have holes; bha aig duine araidh dithis mhac, a certain man had two sons; cha n'eil fhios agam, I have not the knowledge of it, I do not know it.
Chaidh agam air, I have prevailed over him, Psal. xiii. 4, metr. vers.
Joined to the Infinitive of Verbs: ag imeachd, a-walking, walking.
Air.
On, upon: air an làr, on the ground; air an là sin, on that day; air an adhbhar sin, on that account, for that reason.