tromham

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾõ.əm/[1]
  • (Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔ̃.əm/, [ˈɾɔ̝̃ˑ.əm][2] (corresponding to the form thromham; conflated with romham)
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾɔ̃.əm/[3]

Pronoun

tromham (emphatic tromhamsa)

  1. first-person singular of tro: through me
    Gheibh iad a-mach tromham, ma-thà.They'll find out through me, then.

Inflection

Personal inflection of tromham
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. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN