annainn

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • unnainn

Etymology

From Old Irish indiunn. Cognates include Irish ionainn and Manx aynin.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

annainn (emphatic annainne)

  1. first-person plural of an: in us

Inflection

Personal inflection of an
Person: simple emphatic
singular first annam annamsa
second annad annadsa
third m ann annsan
f innte inntese
plural first annainn annainne
second annaibh annaibhse
third annta anntasan

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, page 220
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 161
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 182
  4. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 368