“B’in”

[Héilics Órbhuí]

I’m reading a book right now where I’m coming across a lot of use of this contraction that I’ve never seen before now.

“b’in uile a mbeadh faoi”
“b’in a chuir in aer ceart é”

I honestly have no idea what either of these sentences mean 😀

What does this contraction stand for? Ba + in doesn’t really seem to make sense in these contexts, but maybe I’m thinking about it wrong.

[Lughaidh]

“B’in” is a Connemara shortening of “ba s(h)in” = that was / that would be.

[Héilics Órbhuí]

OH, yeah that makes sense. Thanks!
Both of these phrases seem to be slightly idiomatic even without that contraction, or am I wrong? Does the first one mean something like “that was all there was to it”? The second, I don’t know what is meant by “putting in air”, so I’m guessing that’s also an expression.

[aonghus]

“b’in uile a mbeadh faoi” : That was all that there would be about it. (I’d guess that in context this means: now shut up and stop discussing it)

“b’in a chuir in aer ceart é” : That put it in the air altogether (I’d guess that in context this means: Now that put the fat really in the fire or similar)

[Héilics Órbhuí]

Thanks, so it looks like I was interpreting the first one correctly; the second one was the stranger one for me, but your explanation makes sense.

[Séril Báicéir]

The second one…from Aonghus’s explanation…makes me think of the expression of “the cat’s out of the bag” or “airing out your ‘dirty laundry'”…

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