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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Preposition
mu dheidhinn (+ genitive or possessive determiner)
- about, concerning
Usage notes
- If the following noun is without the definite article, it is usually in the nominative case:
- sgeulachdan mu dheidhinn poidseadh ― tales about poaching
- If the following noun is preceded by the definite article or a possessive pronoun, it is usually in the genitive case:
- fiosrachadh mu dheidhinn a' chànain ― information about the language
- mu dheidhinn mo bhràthar ― about my brother
- If English uses a personal pronoun as the object, Scottish Gaelic uses a possessive pronoun instead — see under Derived terms.
Inflection
Synonyms
Pronoun
mu dheidhinn
- about him
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
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath