oirnne

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fornni. Cognates include Irish orainne and Manx orrinyn.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

oirnne

  1. first-person plural emphatic of air: on us

Inflection

Personal inflection of air
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st orm ormsa
2nd ort ortsa
3rd m air airsan
3rd f oirre oirrese
Plural 1st oirnn oirnne
2nd oirbh oirbhse
3rd orra orrasan

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap