agaibhse

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɡəvʲʃə/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑɡiːʃə/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈaɡiːʃə/

Pronoun

agaibhse

  1. second-person plural emphatic of ag

References

  • Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish [Term?]. Cognates include Irish agaibhse and Manx euish.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈakuʃ(ə)/[1]
  • (Harris, most of Skye) IPA(key): /ˈakɪvʃə/
  • (Uist) IPA(key): /ˈakuʃə/[2]
  • (Ross-shire) IPA(key): /ˈakɪs̪(ə)/[3] (as if spelled agaibhsa)
  • Hyphenation: a‧gaibh‧se

Pronoun

agaibhse

  1. second-person plural emphatic of aig

Inflection

Personal inflection of aig
Person: simple emphatic
singular first agam agamsa
second agad agadsa
third m aige aigesan
f aice aicese
plural first againn againne
second agaibh agaibhse
third aca acasan

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
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  3. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN