fodha

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fóu. Cognates include Irish faoi and Manx fo.

Pronunciation

Adverb

fodha

  1. down, underneath, sunken
    Chaidh am bàta fodha.The boat sank. (literally, “The boat went down.”)

Pronoun

fodha

  1. third-person singular masculine of fo: under him, 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. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 776
  6. ^ Scouller, Alastair (2017) The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay (PhD thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

Further reading

  • Mark, Colin (2003) “fo”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 307