bhur
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish for,[1] from Proto-Celtic *sweseros.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /uːɾˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /mˠəɾˠ/[2] (corresponding to the form mur)
Determiner edit
bhur (triggers eclipsis)
- your (plural)
- bhur dteach ― your pl house
- bhur n-athair ― your pl father
See also edit
Irish personal pronouns
| Number | Person (and gender) | Conjunctive (emphatic) |
Disjunctive (emphatic) |
Possessive determiner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | mé (mise) |
mo L m' before vowel sounds | |
| Second | tú (tusa)1 |
thú (thusa) |
do L d' before vowel sounds | |
| Third masculine | sé (seisean) |
é (eisean) |
a L | |
| Third feminine | sí (sise) |
í (ise) |
a H | |
| Third neuter | — | ea | — | |
| Plural | First | muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne) |
ár E | |
| Second | sibh (sibhse)1 |
bhur E | ||
| Third | siad (siadsan) |
iad (iadsan) |
a E | |
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 for, far, bar, uar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 235, page 86
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bhur”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bhur” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bhur” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.