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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish romainn, remainn, remunn, riun, from Old Irish reunn.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
romhainn (emphatic romhainne)
- first-person plural of roimh: before us
References
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish romainn, remainn, remunn, riun, from Old Irish reunn.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
romhainn (emphatic romhainne)
- first-person plural of ro: before us
Inflection
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
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap