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an dèidh

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish i ndiaid, a conflation of Old Irish i ndead, i ndïad and i ndegaid (in search of). Cognate with Irish i ndiaidh.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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an dèidh (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

  1. after

Inflection

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Personal inflection of an dèidh (compound preposition)
Person: simple emphatic
singular first nam dhèidh nam dhèidh-sa
second nad dhèidh nad dhèidh-sa
third m na dhèidh na dhèidh-san
f na dèidh na dèidh-se
plural first nar dèidh nar dèidh-ne
second nur dèidh nur dèidh-se
third nan dèidh nan dèidh-san

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath

Further reading

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  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “déidh, an déidh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN