aonrachd
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɯ̃ːrˠəxk/[1]
- (variant form, Harris, Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈɔ̃ːrˠəxk/[1][2][3][4] (corresponding to the form ònrachd)
Noun
aonrachd f
- aloneness, solitude
- tha mi nam aonrachd ― I am alone; I am lonely (literally, “I am in my aloneness”)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 115
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ 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