Template:gd-conj-abair

Conjugation of abair (irregular)

			singular			plural			impersonal
			first	second	third m/f	first	second	third
independent	past	simple	thuirt mi	thuirt thu	thuirt e/i	thuirt sinn	thuirt sibh	thuirt iad	thuirteadh
		emphatic	thubhairt mi	thubhairt thu	thubhairt e/i	thubhairt sinn	thubhairt sibh	thubhairt iad	thubhairteadh
	future		their mi canaidh mi	their thu canaidh tu	their e/i canaidh e/i	their sinn canaidh sinn	their sibh canaidh sibh	their iad canaidh iad	theirear canar
	conditional		theirinn chanainn	theireadh tu chanadh tu	theireadh e/i chanadh e/i	theireadh sinn theireamaid chanadh sinn chanamaid	theireadh sibh chanadh sibh	theireadh iad chanadh iad	theirte(adh) theirist(e)1 chante(adh) chanaist(e)1
negative	past	simple	cha tuirt mi	cha tuirt thu	cha tuirt e/i	cha tuirt sinn	cha tuirt sibh	cha tuirt iad	cha tuirteadh
		emphatic	cha tubhairt mi	cha tubhairt thu	cha tubhairt e/i	cha tubhairt sinn	cha tubhairt sibh	cha tubhairt iad	cha tubhairteadh
	future		chan abair mi cha chan mi	chan abair thu cha chan thu	chan abair e/i cha chan e/i	chan abair sinn cha chan sinn	chan abair sibh cha chan sibh	chan abair iad cha chan iad	chan abrar cha chanar
	conditional		chan abrainn cha chanainn	chan abradh tu cha chanadh tu	chan abradh e/i cha chanadh e/i	chan abradh sinn chan abramaid cha chanadh sinn cha chanamaid	chan abradh sibh cha chanadh sibh	chan abradh iad cha chanadh iad	chan abairte(adh) chan abairist(e)1 cha chante(adh) cha chanaist(e)1
affirmative interrogative	past	simple	an tuirt mi?	an tuirt thu?	an tuirt e/i?	an tuirt sinn?	an tuirt sibh?	an tuirt iad?	an tuirteadh?
		emphatic	an tubhairt mi?	an tubhairt thu?	an tubhairt e/i?	an tubhairt sinn?	an tubhairt sibh?	an tubhairt iad?	an tubhairteadh?
	future		an abair mi? an can mi?	an abair thu? an can thu?	an abair e/i? an can e/i?	an abair sinn? an can sinn?	an abair sibh? an can sibh?	an abair iad? an can iad?	an abrar? an canar?
	conditional		an abrainn? an canainn?	an abradh tu? an canadh tu?	an abradh e/i? an canadh e/i?	an abradh sinn? an abramaid? an canadh sinn? an canamaid?	an abradh sibh? an canadh sibh?	an abradh iad? an canadh iad?	an abairte(adh)? an abairist(e)?1 an cante(adh)? an canaist(e)?1
negative interrogative	past	simple	nach tuirt mi?	nach tuirt thu?	nach tuirt e/i?	nach tuirt sinn?	nach tuirt sibh?	nach tuirt iad?	nach tuirteadh?
		emphatic	nach tubhairt mi?	nach tubhairt thu?	nach tubhairt e/i?	nach tubhairt sinn?	nach tubhairt sibh?	nach tubhairt iad?	nach tubhairteadh?
	future		nach abair mi? nach can mi?	nach abair thu? nach can thu?	nach abair e/i? nach can e/i?	nach abair sinn? nach can sinn?	nach abair sibh? nach can sibh?	nach abair iad? nach can iad?	nach abrar? nach canar?
	conditional		nach abrainn? nach canainn?	nach abradh tu? nach canadh tu?	nach abradh e/i? nach canadh e/i?	nach abradh sinn? nach abramaid? nach canadh sinn? nach canamaid?	nach abradh sibh? nach canadh sibh?	nach abradh iad? nach canadh iad?	nach abairte(adh)? nach abairist(e)?1 nach cante(adh)? nach canaist(e)?1
relative future			(a) their mi (a) chanas mi	(a) their thu (a) chanas tu	(a) their e/i (a) chanas e/i	(a) their sinn (a) chanas sinn	(a) their sibh (a) chanas sibh	(a) their iad (a) chanas iad	(a) theirear (a) chanar
imperative			abram! canam!	abair! can!	abradh e/i! canadh e/i!	abramaid! canamaid!	abraibh! canaibh!	abradh iad! canadh iad!	abrar! canar!
verbal noun			ràdh
past participle			ràite, cante

¹ Lewis dialect form
Forms of the verb can are more often used in place of abair, particularly colloquial language, in the tenses where they are listed in italics here. The imperative form is common colloquially but with another different meaning entirely. Abair forms are more typical of high registers of the language, particularly ecclesiastical language, and some southern dialects which are now rarely spoken.