iadsan

Irish

Etymology

By surface analysis, iad +‎ -san.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiəd̪ˠsˠənˠ/

Pronoun

iadsan

1. emphatic form of iad

   they, them

See also

Irish personal pronouns

Number	Person (and gender)	Conjunctive (emphatic)	Disjunctive (emphatic)	Possessive determiner
Singular	First	mé (mise)		mo L m' before vowel sounds
	Second	tú (tusa)1	thú (thusa)	do L d' before vowel sounds
	Third masculine	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	a L
	Third feminine	sí (sise)	í (ise)	a H
	Third neuter	—	ea	—
Plural	First	muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne)		ár E
	Second	sibh (sibhse)1		bhur E
	Third	siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	a E

^L Triggers lenition ^E Triggers eclipsis ^H Triggers h-prothesis

¹ Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish [Term?]. Cognates include Irish iadsan and Manx adsyn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiə̯t̪s̪ən̪ˠ/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈaːs̪ən̪ˠ/ (as if spelled àsan)
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɛːt̪s̪ə/ (as if spelled èadsa)

Pronoun

iadsan

1. (emphatic) they, them

See also

Scottish Gaelic personal pronouns

		simple		emphatic
		singular	plural	singular	plural
first person		mi	sinn	mise	sinne
second person		thu, tu1	sibh2	thusa, tusa1	sibhse2
third person	m	e	iad	esan	iadsan
	f	i		ise

¹ Used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh.
² sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns.
To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used.