dithis

See also: d'ithis

Scottish Gaelic

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Cardinal: dà Standalone: a dhà Ordinal: dàrna, dara Ordinal abbreviation: 2na, 2ra Personal: dithis Multiplier: dà-fhillte, dùbailte Fractional: leth

From Old Irish dïas. Cognate with Irish dís, dias and Manx jees.

IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ʲi.ɪʃ/, /ˈd̥ʲʒi.ɪʃ/^[1]^[2]
(Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ʲʒi.ɪʃtʲ/^[3], [ˈd̥ʲʒiˑ.ɪʃtʲ] (corresponding to the form dithist)

dithis f (plural dithisean)

two, couple, pair
Synonym: càraid
(music, pìobaireachd) a movement in a pìobaireachd composition, a variation on the ùrlar in which accented theme notes are alternated with a cut lower note

Only used about persons (cf numerical noun). Occasionally dithis is used to refer to objects by some speakers but this is not considered grammatically correct.
Following noun is in the genitive:
dithis bhalach ― two boys
Alternatively, de and the dative are used:
dithis de bhalaich ― two boys
Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig
an dithis dhaibh / aca ― the two of them
Also used on its own:
Bha dithis ann. ― There were two.

Mutation of *dithis*
radical	lenition
dithis	dhithis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

^ 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
^ 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
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap