romham

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish remum, róm, rium, from Old Irish reum.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /rũːm/, /ɾˠõːmˠ/^[1]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠõːmˠ/^[2]

Pronoun

romham (emphatic romhamsa)

first-person singular of roimh: before me, in front of me

References

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 86
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish remum, róm, rium, from Old Irish reum.

Pronunciation

(Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈɾõ.əm/^[1]
(Harris, Uist, Barra, Skye, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɔ̃.əm/^[2], ^[3]
(Argyll) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɔ.ɔm/
Homophone: tromham (Uist, Barra)

Pronoun

romham (emphatic romhamsa)

first-person singular of ro: before me
Choisich mi romham.
I walked on/along.
(literally, “I walked before me.”)

Inflection

Personal inflection of *romham*
	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		romham	romhamsa
	second		romhad	romhadsa
	third	m	roimhe	roimhesan
	third	f	roimhpe	roimhpese

plural	first		romhainn	romhainne
	second		romhaibh	romhaibhse
	third		romhpa	romhpasan

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

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