Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvimɪtʲ/
  • Hyphenation: bhio‧maid

Verb

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bhiomaid

  1. first-person plural independent conditional of bi

Usage notes

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  • This synthetic form of the first-person plural conditional is not universally used, though it is common in Harris, Uist, Barra and Skye. In the dialects of Lewis, Ross and Sutherland, the analytic form bhiodh sinn is used instead. This applies to all verbs.

Verb

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bhiomaid

  1. Lenited form of biomaid.

References

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “bi”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 75