troimhe

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾẽ.ə/[1]
  • (North Uist) IPA(key): /ˈɾɛ̃hə/[2] (corresponding to the form throimhe; conflated with roimhe)
  • (South Uist) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔ̃ĩ.ə/[3] (corresponding to the form throimhe; conflated with roimhe)
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈɾɛ̃ˑ.ʌ][4] (corresponding to the form throimhe; conflated with roimhe)
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾɔ̃.ɪ/[5]

Pronoun

troimhe (emphatic troimhesan)

  1. third-person singular masculine of tro: through him, through it

Inflection

Personal inflection of troimhe
Person: simple emphatic
singular first tromham tromhamsa
second tromhad tromhadsa
third m troimhe troimhesan
f troimhpe troimhpese
plural first tromhainn tromhainne
second tromhaibh tromhaibhse
third tromhpa tromhpasan

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. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN