iad
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Irish íat (“they, them”), from Old Irish é, ía (“they”) (plural of é (“he”)) with the addition of the 3rd person plural verb ending.
Cognate with Welsh hwy ~ hwynt, Breton i ~ int, with the same addition of the verb ending.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
iad (emphatic form iadsan, disjunctive)
See alsoEdit
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 | |
Plural | First | muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne) |
ár E | |
Second | sibh (sibhse)1 |
bhur E | ||
Third | siad (siadsan) |
iad (iadsan) |
a E |
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
iad | n-iad | hiad | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further readingEdit
- "iad" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “íat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “iad” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “iad” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Church Slavonic адъ (adŭ), from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs). Compare Bulgarian ад (ad).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
iad n (plural iaduri)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of iad
SynonymsEdit
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Irish íat. Cognates include Irish iad and Manx ad.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
iad
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Scottish Gaelic personal pronouns
simple | emphatic | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | singular | plural | |
First person | mi | sinn | mise | sinne |
Second person | thu, tu1) | sibh | thusa, tusa1) | sibhse |
Third person m | e | iad | esan | iadsan |
Third person f | i | ise | ||
*) sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns. **) To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used. 1) used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh. |
ReferencesEdit
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “iad”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
WelshEdit
NounEdit
iad f (plural iadau)
- Crown of the head, pate; top, summit.
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
iad | unchanged | unchanged | hiad |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |