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innte

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Irish

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Pronoun

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innte (emphatic inntese)

  1. Superseded spelling of inti.

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish indi. Cognates include Irish inti and Manx aynjee.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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innte (emphatic inntese)

  1. third-person singular feminine of an: in her, in it
    'S e prògramair a th' innte.She’s a programmer. (literally, “It is a programmer that is in her.”)

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. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap