thuirt
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /hurˠt̪/, [hʊʈ][1]
- (Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, much of Skye) IPA(key): /hurˠʃtʲ/, [huʂtʲ][2]
- (South Uist, Trotternish) IPA(key): /hu(rˠ)tʲ/[2][3]
- (Barra) IPA(key): /hurˠʃtʲ/, [huɕtʲ][4]
Verb
thuirt
- past indicative independent of abair
- mar a thuirt thu roimhe ― as you said before
- Thuirt mi ris gun a dhol ann. ― I told him not to go there.
Usage notes
- The dependent form is tuirt.
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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap