dhan

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Preposition

dhan (+ dative)

  1. contraction of do an
    Chaidh i dhan bhùth. ― She went to the shop.

Usage notes

  • Like the bare article an, dhan triggers lenition if the following noun begins with f, c and g.
  • A tautological article, a' or an, is often inserted between dhan and the following noun.

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 223
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 257
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 183

Further reading

  • Colin Mark (2003) “do”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 235

Somali

Adverb

dhan

  1. completely

Yagara

Noun

dhan

  1. man

References

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