fòdhpa

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish foïb. Cognate with Irish fúthu and Manx foue.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːp(ə)/[1]
  • (Uist, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːhə/[2][3], [ˈfɔ̝ːhə][4] (corresponding to the form fòtha)
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈfoˑ.əxʌ][5] (corresponding to the form fodhcha)
  • Hyphenation: fòdh‧pa

Pronoun

fòdhpa

  1. third-person plural of fo: under them

Inflection

Personal inflection of fo
Person: simple emphatic
singular first fodham fodhamsa
second fodhad fodhadsa
third m fodha fodhasan
f fòidhpe fòidhpese
plural first fodhainn fodhainne
second fodhaibh fodhaibhse
third fòdhpa fòdhpasan

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
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  3. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 776
  4. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 166
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap