's e

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

is +‎ e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɛː/, (unstressed) /ʃɛ/[1]

Phrase

's e

  1. it is (contraction of is e)
    'S e poileas a th' annam. ― I'm a police officer.
  2. yes (in answer to a question formed with an e)

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.