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a dh'ionnsaigh

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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a dh'ionnsaigh (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

  1. towards

Usage notes

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  • Used as a definite form of gu in Uist and Barra according to MacPherson (1945) and Borgstrøm (1937).

Inflection

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Personal inflection of a dh'ionnsaigh (compound preposition)
Person: simple emphatic
singular first gam ionnsaigh gam ionnsaigh-sa
second gad ionnsaigh gad ionnsaigh-sa
third m ga ionnsaigh ga ionnsaigh-san
f ga h-ionnsaigh ga h-ionnsaigh-se
plural first gar n-ionnsaigh gar n-ionnsaigh-ne
second gur n-ionnsaigh gur n-ionnsaigh-se
third gan ionnsaigh gan ionnsaigh-san

References

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  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap