oirnne

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fornni. Cognates include Irish orainne and Manx orrinyn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔrˠɲə/
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈɔːr̥ˠɲʌ][1]

Pronoun

oirnne

  1. first-person plural emphatic of air: on us

Inflection

Personal inflection of air
Person: simple emphatic
singular first orm ormsa
second ort ortsa
third m air airsan
f oirre oirrese
plural first oirnn oirnne
second oirbh oirbhse
third orra orrasan

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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