agamsa

Irish

Alternative forms

agam-sa (superseded)
’amsa

Etymology

agam +‎ -sa

Pronunciation

(Cork) IPA^(key): /əˈɡʊmˠsˠə/
(Kerry) IPA^(key): /əˈɡɑmsə/
(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡəmˠsˠə/, /ˈɑmˠsˠə/ (corresponding to the form ’amsa)^[1]
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈamˠsˠə/ (corresponding to the form ’amsa)

Pronoun

agamsa

first-person singular emphatic of ag: at me

References

^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 88

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish [Term?]. Cognates include Irish agamsa and Manx ayms.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈakəms̪ə/, /ˈams̪ə/ (as if spelled a'msa)
(Lewis, Sutherland, Perthshire) IPA^(key): /ˈakəməs̪/^[1] (corresponding to the form agamas), /ˈaməs̪/ (as if spelled a'mas)
Hyphenation: a‧gam‧sa

Pronoun

agamsa

first-person singular emphatic of aig
Sin am bàta agamsa. ― That is my boat. (literally, “That is the boat at me.”)

Inflection

Personal inflection of *aig*
	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		agam	agamsa
	second		agad	agadsa
	third	m	aige	aigesan
	third	f	aice	aicese

plural	first		againn	againne
	second		agaibh	agaibhse
	third		aca	acasan

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