fodham

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish foam. Cognate with Irish fúm and Manx foym.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

fodham

  1. first-person singular of fo: under me
    Bha an rathad fodham a-nis. ― The road was now below me.

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. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 776
  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

Further reading

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