orthu

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See also: orðu

Irish

Alternative forms

orra, ortha

Etymology

From Old Irish erriu, erro and forru.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾˠhə/, /ˈɔɾˠə/^[1]; /ˈʌɾˠhə/^[2] (corresponding to the spellings orra, ortha)
(Aran) IPA^(key): (stressed) /ˈɔɾˠəbˠ/, /ˈɞɾˠəbˠ/; (unstressed) /əɾˠəbˠ/^[3] (as if spelled orrab)
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾˠəbˠ/^[4] (as if spelled orrab)
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɾˠhu/^[5]

Pronoun

orthu (emphatic orthusan)

third-person plural of ar: on them

References

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 108, page 94
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 240, page 121
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , section 299, page 141
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 280, page 98

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