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Scottish Gaelic
- (Barra, Argyll, Cape Breton) dithist
Etymology
From Old Irish dïas (compare Manx jees).
Pronunciation
Noun
dithis f (plural dithisean)
- two, couple, pair
- Synonym: càraid
- (music, pìobaireachd) a movement in a pìobaireachd composition, a variation on the ùrlar in which accented theme notes are alternated with a cut lower note
Usage notes
- Only used about persons (cf numerical noun). Occasionally dithis is used to refer to objects by some speakers but this is not considered grammatically correct.
- Following noun is in the genitive:
- dithis bhalach ― two boys
- Alternatively, de and the dative are used:
- dithis de bhalaich ― two boys
- Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig
- an dithis dhaibh / aca ― the two of them
- Also used on its own:
- Bha dithis ann. ― There were two.
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| dithis |
dhithis
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “dithis”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN