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os cionn

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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os cionn (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation)

  1. above
    Faoi dheireadh, bhí spéir gorm os ár gcionn.
    At last a blue sky was above us.
    Cad a chuirfidh tú os cionn na leapa?
    What will you put above the bed?
  2. more than
  3. beyond, exceeding
  4. in charge of

Inflection

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Inflection of os cionn
Person: simple emphatic
singular first os mo chionn os mo chionnsa
second os do chionn os do chionnsa
third m os a chionn os a chionnsan
f os a cionn os a cionnsa
plural first os ár gcionn os ár gcionn-na
second os bhur gcionn os bhur gcionnsa
third os a gcionn os a gcionnsan

Derived terms

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Adverb

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os cionn

  1. above

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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os cionn (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

  1. above
    Antonym: fo
    mu dheireadh thall, bha adhar gorm os ar cionnat long last a blue sky was above us
    dè a chuireas tu os cionn na leapa?what will you put above the bed?

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap