thugainn

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhʊɡən̠ʲ]
  • (Waterford) IPA(key): [ˈhʊɡəɲ]

Verb

thugainn

  1. first-person singular past habitual of tabhair
  2. lenited form of tugainn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

gu + sinn

Pronunciation

Pronoun

thugainn (emphatic thugainne)

  1. to us

Inflection

Personal inflection of thugainn
Person: simple emphatic
singular first thugam thugamsa
second thugad thugadsa
third m thuige thuigesan
f thuice thuicese
plural first thugainn thugainne
second thugaibh thugaibhse
third thuca thucasan

Alternative forms

Verb

thugainn (imperative, plural thugainnibh)

  1. come along, let's go (second person singular)

Usage notes

Alternative forms

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. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap