an seo
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an seo (literally “in this”). Akin to Irish anseo and Manx ayns shoh.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (careful speech) IPA(key): /əɲˈʃɔ/
- (Lewis colloquial forms) IPA(key): /an̪ˠəˈʃɔ/, /an̪ˠəˈhjɔ(h)/, /əˈʃɔ(h)/[1]
- (Uist colloquial forms) IPA(key): /an̪ˠəˈʃɔ/, /an̪ˠəˈhjɔ/, /an̪ˠəˈʃɔ.əx/[2]
- (Barra colloquial forms) IPA(key): [an̪ˠaˈʃɔ̝], [əˈʃɔ̝(h)][3]
Adverb
[edit]- here
- Bha mi an seo an-dè. ― I was here yesterday.
See also
[edit]Scottish Gaelic demonstratives
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
[edit]- Colin Mark (2003) “seo”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 512