fo gheasaibh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From fo + geasaibh, archaic dative plural of geas (“enchantment”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔ ˈʝes̪əv/
  • (South Uist) IPA(key): /fo ˈjes̪u/[1]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [fɔ̝ ˈʝes̪u][2]

Adjective

fo gheasaibh

  1. enchanted, spellbound

Quotations

  • 2012, Maighread A. Challain, Air Bilean an t-Sluaigh, Belfast: Cló Ollscoil na Banríona, page 46:
    Bha creideas anns a' bheachd gun robh daoine àraid ann a bha nan ròin fo gheasaibh.
    There was credence in the opinion that there were special people who were enchanted seals.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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