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Ó, FROM, SINCE.

1. Since (of time): as,

ó ṫús, from the beginning.   ó ṡoin, ago.

Conjunction: as,

Ó naċ ḃfacas rud ar biṫ, ṫángas aḃaile arís.
Since I saw nothing I came home again.

2. Of place, motion from:

Ó Éirinn,   from Erin.

3. In a modal sense:

ód ċroiḋe, with all thy heart.
boċt ó (i) f spioraid, poor in spirit
4. After words expressing severance from, distance from, going away from, turning from, taking from, exclusion from, cleansing, defending, protecting, healing, alleviating.

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ÓS, OVER.

Used only in a few phrases as:

ós cionn, above, over. bun ós cionn, upside down.
ós ísiol, silently, secretly. ós ard loudly.