cia mheud
Appearance
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /kʰə ˈviət̪/, /kʰɔ ˈviət̪/[1] (corresponding to the form cò mheud)
- (Barra) IPA(key): [kʰɔ̝ ˈfĩːt̪][2] (corresponding to the form cò mheud)
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /kʰɔ ˈvĩãt̪/, /kʰɔ ˈmĩãt̪/[3] (corresponding to the forms cò mheud or cò meud)
Adverb
[edit]- how many (for countable nouns)
- cia mheud leabhar a tha agad? ― how many books do you have?
Usage notes
[edit]- Following nouns take the singular.
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
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN