fhathast

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fo-dechtsa, from Old Irish in fecht so (“at this time, now”). Cognate with Irish feasta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈha.əs̪t̪/[1][2]

Usage notes

  • Despite fh usually being silent in Scottish Gaelic it is always pronounced /h/ in fhathast, as well as in fhèin and fhuair.

Adverb

fhathast

  1. still
  2. yet
    chan eil mòran Gàidhlig aice fhathast ― she does not speak much Gaelic yet

Synonyms

  • fòs (high register)

References

  1. ^ Jenny Ladefoged, Peter Ladefoged, Alice Turk, Kevin Hind (5 February 1996) “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive‎[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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