fòdhpa
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish foïb. Cognate with Irish fúthu and Manx foue.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːp(ə)/[1]
- (Uist, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːhə/[2] (corresponding to the form fòtha)
- (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈfoˑ.əxʌ][3] (corresponding to the form fòtha)
- Hyphenation: fòdh‧pa
Pronoun
[edit]fòdhpa
- third-person plural of fo: under them
Inflection
[edit]Personal inflection of fo | |||||||||
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Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
Singular | 1st | fodham | fodhamsa | ||||||
2nd | fodhad | fodhadsa | |||||||
3rd m | fodha | fodhasan | |||||||
3rd f | fòidhpe | fòidhpese | |||||||
Plural | 1st | fodhainn | fodhainne | ||||||
2nd | fodhaibh | fodhaibhse | |||||||
3rd | fòdhpa | fòdhpasan |
References
[edit]- ^ 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