thugainn

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Irish

Pronunciation

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Verb

thugainn

first-person singular past habitual of tabhair
Lenited form of tugainn.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈhukɪɲ/, ^[1]
(Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈukɪɲ/^[2]^[3] (corresponding to the form ugainn)

Pronoun

thugainn (emphatic thugainne)

to us

Inflection

Personal inflection of *thugainn*
	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		thugam	thugamsa
	second		thugad	thugadsa
	third	m	thuige	thuigesan
	third	f	thuice	thuicese

plural	first		thugainn	thugainne
	second		thugaibh	thugaibhse
	third		thuca	thucasan

Alternative forms

chugainn, ugainn

Verb

thugainn (imperative, plural thugainnibh)

come along, let's go (second person singular)

Usage notes

This defective verb has no other case than the imperative.

Alternative forms

tiugainn

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
^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

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