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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish doïb.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
dóibh (emphatic dóibhsean)
- third-person plural of do: to/for them
- (Cois Fharraige) third-person plural of de: of/from them
References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 193
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , 302, 303
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 311, page 110