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Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
thugainn
- first-person singular past habitual of tabhair
- Lenited form of tugainn.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
gu + sinn
Pronunciation
Pronoun
thugainn (emphatic thugainne)
- to us
Inflection
Verb
thugainn (imperative, plural thugainnibh)
- come along, let's go (second person singular)
Usage notes
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