romhpa

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish rempu, rempo, rempa, rompu, rompoibh, replacing earlier remaib, from Old Irish roaib.

Pronunciation

(Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈɾõʰp(ə)/^[1]
(Harris, Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɔ̃hpə/^[2]
(Barra) IPA^(key): ^[3]
(Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɔ̃ːhə/^[4] (corresponding to the form ròmhtha)
Homophone: tromhpa (Uist, Barra)

Pronoun

romhpa (emphatic romhpasan)

third-person plural of ro: before them

Inflection

Personal inflection of *romhpa*
	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
^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, 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

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