innte

Irish

Pronoun

innte (emphatic inntese)

  1. superseded spelling of inti

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish indi. Cognates include Irish inti and Manx aynjee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈĩːɲdʒə/[1][2], /ˈĩːɲdʲə/[3]
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈẽĩɲdʲ(ə)/, [ˈẽ̠ĩɲdʲ(ə)], (unstressed) /ˈiɲdʲə/[4]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈĩːɲdʒʌ][5]

Pronoun

innte (emphatic inntese)

  1. third-person singular feminine of an: in her, in it
    'S e prògramair a th' innte. ― She’s a programmer. (literally, “It is a programmer that is in her.”)

Inflection

Personal inflection of an
Person: simple emphatic
singular first annam annamsa
second annad annadsa
third m ann annsan
f innte inntese
plural first annainn annainne
second annaibh annaibhse
third annta anntasan

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, page 32
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) “The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire”, in A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, volume II, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 96
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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