http://talkirish.com/blogs/wordaday/archive/2016/08/31/irish-word-a-day-sios-250-r-scissors.aspxsios&uacute;r scissors (Please visit the site to view this media) With Article (Singular) an sios&uacute;r the scissors (Please visit the site to view this media) Example Sentence An bhfuil sios&uacute;r ar bith agat? Do you have scissors? (Please visitenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)http://talkirish.com/blogs/wordaday/archive/2016/08/31/irish-word-a-day-sios-250-r-scissors.aspx#6842Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:52:37 GMT0644754f-ff87-49dd-b5e3-0e104f790f4a:6842Dale D<p>It seems a more precise definition would be &quot;Do you have any scissors.&quot; &nbsp;Unless there is something in the idiom I&#39;m not getting.... &nbsp;(Wouldn&#39;t be the first time.) &nbsp;An alternative would be, &quot;Have you no scissors?&quot; &nbsp;To translate as stated, it would seem that you would omit &quot;ar bith&quot; &quot;any&quot; or &quot;no&quot;. &nbsp;In english, the question, &quot;Do you have scissors?&quot; would be asked of someone providing them temporarily, like a sewing group or a school child asking it of a teacher. &nbsp;&quot;Do you have *any* scissors?&quot; would be a question to a clerk at a store where you are looking to purchase them. &nbsp;&quot;Have you *no* scissors?&quot; would be asked after a period of time looking for them in a store or other place where you expect to find them, but failing to do so.</p> <p>Any idiomatic instruction or clarification would be appreciated....</p> <p>Dale</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://talkirish.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6842" width="1" height="1">