agaibh

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ocaib, occaib, acaib, from Old Irish occaib.[1]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

agaibh (emphatic agaibhse)

  1. second-person plural of ag
    Slán agaibh! (spoken by a person departing to two or more people who are remaining)Goodbye!

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish occaib. Cognates include Irish agaibh and Manx eu.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

agaibh

  1. second-person plural of aig: at you
    A bheil piuthar agaibh?Do you have a sister? (literally, “Is a sister at you?”)

Inflection

Personal inflection of aig
Person: simple emphatic
singular first agam agamsa
second agad agadsa
third m aige aigesan
f aice aicese
plural first againn againne
second agaibh agaibhse
third aca acasan

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)‎, 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

Further reading

  • Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, editor (1994), Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland, volume II, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 16-17