Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish fuirib. Cognates include Irish oraibh and Manx erriu.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (stressed) /ˈɔɾʲəv/, (unstressed) /əɾʲəv/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [ˈɤðɤv]
  • (Skye, Sutherland) IPA(key): /ˈɔɾɪ/, /ˈɔɾu/

Pronoun edit

oirbh

  1. second-person plural of air: on you

Inflection edit

Personal inflection of air
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st orm ormsa
2nd ort ortsa
3rd m air airsan
3rd f oirre oirrese
Plural 1st oirnn oirnne
2nd oirbh oirbhse
3rd orra orrasan