dhà

See also: dha, DHA, and dhá

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dá,[1] from Proto-Celtic *dwau, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣaː/
  • (Harris) IPA(key): /ɣɑː/[2]
  • Audio (Scotland, Lewis):(file)

Numeral

a dhà

  1. two

Usage notes

  • Used when free-standing (counting, telling a row of numerals etc.), otherwise dà is used.
    Fòn a h-aon, a h-aon, a dhà! ― Phone one-one-two!
    Tha dà chàr aige. ― He has two cars.
    Tha a dhà aice cuideachd. ― She has two as well.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ 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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dhà”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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