an seo
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- a sheo (colloquial)
- an seothach, a sheothach (Uist, colloquial)
Etymology
From an seo (literally “in this”). Akin to Irish anseo and Manx ayns shoh.
Pronunciation
- (careful speech) IPA(key): /əɲˈʃɔ/
- (colloquial forms) IPA(key): /(ə)ˈʃɔ(h)/[1], /an̪ˠəˈʃɔ(h)/, /an̪ˠaˈʃɔ(h)/, /an̪ˠəˈhjɔ(h)/[2][3][4][5]
- (Uist colloquial form) IPA(key): /an̪ˠəˈʃɔ.əx/[3] (corresponding to the form an seothach)
Adverb
- here
- Bha mi an seo an-dè. ― I was here yesterday.
See also
| pronoun | adverb | |
|---|---|---|
| proximal | seo | an seo |
| medial | sin | an sin |
| distal | siud | an siud |
References
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, page 29
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 331
Further reading
- Mark, Colin (2003) “seo”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 512