Inbhir Nis

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌiɲɪɾʲˈɲiʃ/
(Lewis, Mackay Country) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɾəˈniʃ/^[1] (as if spelled Eara Nis)
(Harris, North Uist, Barra, Duirinish) IPA^(key): /ˌelaɾˈɲiʃ/^[2] (as if spelled Eilear Nis)
(South Uist) IPA^(key): /ˌiləɾˈɲiʃ/, /ˌinəɾˈɲiʃ/^[3]
(much of Skye, Perthshire) IPA^(key): /ˌɛnəɾˈniʃ/^[4] (as if spelled Eanar Nis)
(Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˌĩnɔɻ ˈɳĩʃ/^[5] (as if spelled Inbheor Nis)
(East Sutherland, Easter Ross, North Inverness-shire, Strathspey) IPA^(key): /jɔrˠˈniʃ/ (as if spelled Eor Nis)

Proper noun

Inbhir Nis m

Inverness (a city in and the administrative centre of Highland council area, Scotland)

References

^ 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
^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎^[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎^[2], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN