fòidhpe

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish [Term?]. Cognates include Irish fúithi and Manx foee.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːjp(ə)/[1]
  • (North Uist) IPA(key): /ˈfɛːhə/[2] (corresponding to the form fòithe)
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈfoˑ.ɪçʌ][3] (corresponding to the form foidhche)
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːhɪ/[4] (corresponding to the form fòithi)
  • Hyphenation: fòidh‧pe

Pronoun

fòidhpe

  1. third-person singular feminine of fo: under her; under it

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, page 222
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 166
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 776
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