uaim

Irish

Alternative forms

uam

Etymology

From Old Irish húaim.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /uəmʲ/, /uəmˠ/^[1]
(Aran) IPA^(key): /wæmʲ/^[2]
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /wɛmʲ/^[3]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /wiːmˠ/, (older) /wɯːmˠ/^[4] (corresponding to the form uam)

Pronoun

uaim (emphatic uaimse)

first-person singular of ó

References

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 119, page 98
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 197
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 309
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 66, page 29

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