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eadarainn

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish etron. Cognates include Irish eadrainn.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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eadarainn

  1. first-person plural of eadar: between us
    Tha sinn a' pàigheadh a' mhàil eadarainn.We pay the rent between us.

Inflection

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Personal inflection of eadar
Person: simple emphatic
singular first
second
third m
f
plural first eadarainn eadarainne
second eadaraibh eadaraibhse
third eatarra eatarrasan

References

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  1. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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

Further reading

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