Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fóu. Cognates include Irish faoi and Manx fo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfoə/
  • Hyphenation: fodh‧a

Adverb

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fodha

  1. down, underneath, sunken
    Chaidh am bàta fodha.The boat sank. (literally, “The boat went down.”)

Pronoun

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fodha

  1. third-person singular masculine of fo: under him, under it

Inflection

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Personal inflection of fo
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st fodham fodhamsa
2nd fodhad fodhadsa
3rd m fodha fodhasan
3rd f fòidhpe fòidhpese
Plural 1st fodhainn fodhainne
2nd fodhaibh fodhaibhse
3rd fòdhpa fòdhpasan

References

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “fo”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 307