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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
ochdnar m (genitive singular ochdnair, plural ochdnaran)
- eight
Usage notes
- Only used about persons (cf numerical noun).
- Following noun is in the genitive:
- ochdnar bhalach ― eight boys
- Alternatively, de and the dative are used:
- ochdnar de bhalaich ― eight boys
- Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig
- an t-ochdnar dhiubh / aca ― the eight of them
- Also used on its own:
- Bha ochdnar ann. ― There were eight.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ 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
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “ochdnar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN