mu dheidhinn
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
edit- (Lewis) IPA(key): [ma ˈje.ɪɲ][1]
- (North Uist) IPA(key): [ma ˈjo.ɪɲ]
- (Barra) IPA(key): [ma ˈʝeːɲ][2]
- (Skye) IPA(key): [ma ˈjɤ.ɪɲ]
Preposition
editmu dheidhinn (+ genitive or possessive determiner)
Usage notes
edit- If the following noun is without the definite article, it's usually in the nominative case:
- sgeulachdan mu dheidhinn poidseadh - tales about poaching
- If the following noun is preceded by the definite article or a possessive pronoun, it's usually in the genitive case:
- fiosrachadh mu dheidhinn a' chànain - information about the language
- mu dheidhinn mo bhràthar - about my brother
- If English uses a personal pronoun as the object, Scottish Gaelic uses a possessive pronoun instead - see under Derived terms.
Inflection
editPersonal inflection of mu dheidhinn (compound preposition) | |||||||||
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Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
Singular | 1st | mu mo dheidhinn | mu mo dheidhinn-sa | ||||||
2nd | mu do dheidhinn | mu do dheidhinn-sa | |||||||
3rd m | mu dheidhinn | mu dheidhinn-san | |||||||
3rd f | mu deidhinn | mu deidhinn-se | |||||||
Plural | 1st | mu ar deidhinn | mu ar deidhinn-ne | ||||||
2nd | mu ur deidhinn | mu ur deidhinn-se | |||||||
3rd | mu an deidhinn | mu an deidhinn-san |
Synonyms
editPronoun
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap