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umam

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See also: ūmam

Irish

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Pronoun

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umam (emphatic umamsa)

  1. first-person singular of um

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish immum. Cognates include Irish umam and Manx moom.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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umam

  1. first-person singular of mu: about me
    Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gun robh iad a' bruidhinn umam.I think they were talking about me.

Inflection

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Personal inflection of mu
Person: simple emphatic
singular first umam umamsa
second umad umadsa
third m uime uimesan
f uimpe uimpese
plural first umainn umainne
second umaibh umaibhse
third umpa umpasan

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