air beulaibh
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /eð ˈb̥ial̪ˠu/[1]
- (Harris, Skye) IPA(key): /eɾʲ ˈb̥ial̪ˠəv/[2]
- (Uist) IPA(key): /eɾʲ ˈb̥ial̪ˠu/[3]
Preposition
[edit]air beulaibh (+ genitive or possessive determiner)
Usage notes
[edit]- Used with a pronoun or genitive form of a noun.
- air ur beulaibh - in front of you
- air beulaibh an taighe - in front of the house
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
- ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99[1], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh