annta
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish intiu. Cognates include Irish iontu and Manx ayndoo.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈãũn̪ˠt̪ə/
- (Lewis) IPA(key): [ˈɔ̃ʊ̃n̪ˠt̪(ə)][1]
- (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈuːn̪ˠd̪ʌ][2]
- (Skye, Sutherland) IPA(key): /ˈuːn̪ˠt̪ə/
Pronoun
editannta
- third-person plural of an: in them
Inflection
edit| Personal inflection of an | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
| Singular | 1st | annam | annamsa | ||||||
| 2nd | annad | annadsa | |||||||
| 3rd m | ann | annsan | |||||||
| 3rd f | innte | inntese | |||||||
| Plural | 1st | annainn | annainne | ||||||
| 2nd | annaibh | annaibhse | |||||||
| 3rd | annta | anntasan | |||||||
References
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