adj.
Pronunciation: ' äf-t ə r
Function: verbal auxiliary
Date: 1792
chiefly Irish ― used with a present participle to indicate action completed and especially just completed <the poor old man is after dying on me ― J. M. Synge>
adj.
Pronunciation: ' äf-t ə r
Function: verbal auxiliary
Date: 1792
chiefly Irish ― used with a present participle to indicate action completed and especially just completed <the poor old man is after dying on me ― J. M. Synge>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012