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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish ,[1] from Old Irish eter. Cognates include Irish idir and Manx eddyr.
Pronunciation
Preposition
eadar (+ nominative)
- between
eadar (+ nominative, triggers lenition)
- (rare) both
- eadar bheag is mhòr ― both big and small
Inflection
- Obsolete singular forms: eadram (1st person), eadrad (2nd person)
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eter, etir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ 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
Further reading
- Colin Mark (2003) “eadar”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN