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annamsa

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish indiumsa. Cognates include Irish ionamsa and Manx aynyms.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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annamsa

  1. first-person singular emphatic of an: in me
    'S e tidsear a tha annamsa.I am a teacher. (literally, “It is a teacher that is in me.”)

Inflection

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Personal inflection of an
Person: simple emphatic
singular first annam annamsa
second annad annadsa
third m ann annsan
f innte inntese
plural first annainn annainne
second annaibh annaibhse
third annta anntasan

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. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 368