iadsan
Irish
Etymology
By surface analysis, iad + -san.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiət̪ˠsˠənˠ/[1]
Pronoun
iadsan
See also
| person | conjunctive (emphatic) |
disjunctive (emphatic) |
possessive determiner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first | mé (mise) |
mo L m' before vowel sounds | ||
| second | tú (tusa)1 |
thú (thusa) |
do L d' before vowel sounds | ||
| third | m | sé (seisean) |
é (eisean) |
a L | |
| f | sí (sise) |
í (ise) |
a H | ||
| n | — | ea | — | ||
| plural | first | muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne) |
ár E | ||
| second | sibh (sibhse)1 |
bhur E | |||
| third | siad (siadsan) |
iad (iadsan) |
a E | ||
References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 471, page 150
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish [Term?]. Cognates include Irish iadsan and Manx adsyn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈias̪ən/, /ˈaːs̪ən/[1][2][3][4] (as if spelled àsan)
- (some Barra speakers) IPA(key): /ˈæːt̪s̪ən/[4]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈɛːt̪s̪ə/[5] (as if spelled èadsa)
Pronoun
iadsan
See also
| simple | emphatic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| first person | mi | sinn | mise | sinne | |
| second person | thu, tu1 | sibh2 | thusa, tusa1 | sibhse2 | |
| third person |
m | e | iad | esan | iadsan |
| f | i | ise | |||
1 Used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.
2 sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns.
To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used.
References
- ^ 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
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN