a dh'ionnsaigh

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Preposition

a dh'ionnsaigh (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

  1. towards

Usage notes

  • Used as a definite form of gu in Uist and Barra according to MacPherson (1945) and Borgstrøm (1937).

Inflection

Personal inflection of a dh'ionnsaigh (compound preposition)
Person: simple emphatic
singular first gam ionnsaigh gam ionnsaigh-sa
second gad ionnsaigh gad ionnsaigh-sa
third m ga ionnsaigh ga ionnsaigh-san
f ga h-ionnsaigh ga h-ionnsaigh-se
plural first gar n-ionnsaigh gar n-ionnsaigh-ne
second gur n-ionnsaigh gur n-ionnsaigh-se
third gan ionnsaigh gan ionnsaigh-san

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  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
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