tromhpa

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /t̪ʰɾõʰp/[1]
  • (Uist) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔ̃hpə/[2] (corresponding to the form thromhpa; conflated with romhpa)
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔ̃hpʌ/, [ˈɾɔ̞̃hpʌ][3] (corresponding to the form thromhpa; conflated with romhpa)
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾɔ̃ːhə/[4] (corresponding to the form tròmhtha)

Pronoun

tromhpa (emphatic tromhpasan)

  1. third-person plural of tro: through them

Inflection

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