mu dheidhinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Preposition

mu dheidhinn (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

  1. about, concerning

Usage notes

  • If the following noun is without the definite article, it is usually in the nominative case:
    sgeulachdan mu dheidhinn poidseadh ― tales about poaching
  • If the following noun is preceded by the definite article or a possessive pronoun, it is usually in the genitive case:
    fiosrachadh mu dheidhinn a' chànain ― information about the language
    mu dheidhinn mo bhràthar ― about my brother
  • If English uses a personal pronoun as the object, Scottish Gaelic uses a possessive pronoun instead — see under Derived terms.

Inflection

Personal inflection of mu dheidhinn (compound preposition)
Person: simple emphatic
singular first mu mo dheidhinn mu mo dheidhinn-sa
second mu do dheidhinn mu do dheidhinn-sa
third m mu dheidhinn mu dheidhinn-san
f mu deidhinn mu deidhinn-se
plural first mu ar deidhinn mu ar deidhinn-ne
second mu ur deidhinn mu ur deidhinn-se
third mu an deidhinn mu an deidhinn-san

Synonyms

Pronoun

mu dheidhinn

  1. about him

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
  2. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  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. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  6. ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎[2], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
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