an seo

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See also: anseo and an-seo

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From an seo (literally “in this”). Akin to Irish anseo and Manx ayns shoh.

Pronunciation

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  • (careful speech) IPA(key): /əɲˈʃɔ/
  • (Lewis colloquial forms) IPA(key): /an̪ˠəˈʃɔ/, /an̪ˠəˈhjɔ(h)/, /əˈʃɔ(h)/[1]
  • (Uist colloquial forms) IPA(key): /an̪ˠəˈʃɔ/, /an̪ˠəˈhjɔ/, /an̪ˠəˈʃɔ.əx/[2]
  • (Barra colloquial forms) IPA(key): [an̪ˠaˈʃɔ̝], [əˈʃɔ̝(h)][3]

Adverb

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an seo

  1. here
    Bha mi an seo an-dè. ― I was here yesterday.

See also

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Scottish Gaelic demonstratives
pronoun adverb
proximal seo an seo
medial sin an sin
distal siud an siud

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. ^ 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

Further reading

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “seo”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 512
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