dhiubh

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

diubh

Etymology

From Old Irish diib. Cognates include Irish díobh and Manx jeu.

Pronunciation

(Lewis) IPA^(key): /ʝiəv/, (unstressed) /ʝəv/^[1]
(Uist) IPA^(key): /ʝu/^[2]

Pronoun

dhiubh

third-person plural of de: of them

Inflection

Personal inflection of de
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	dhìom	dhìomsa
	2nd	dhìot	dhìotsa
	3rd m	dheth	dhethsan
	3rd f	dhith	dhithse
Plural	1st	dhinn	dhinne
	2nd	dhibh	dhibhse
	3rd	dhiubh	dhiubhsan

References

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

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