asaibh
Irish
editPronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɑsˠəvʲ/[1]
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑsˠiː/[2]
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈasˠiː/; /ˈasˠt̪ˠiː/ (as if spelled astaibh)[3]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈasˠiː/
Pronoun
editasaibh (emphatic asaibhse)
References
edit- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 109, page 95
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 195
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 300, page 141
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish [Term?]. Cognate with Irish asaibh and Manx assdiu.
Pronunciation
edit- (Lewis, Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /ˈas̪u/[1][2][3]
- (Harris, much of Skye) IPA(key): /ˈas̪əv/
- Hyphenation: a‧saibh
Pronoun
editasaibh
- second-person plural of à: from you
Inflection
edit| Personal inflection of à | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
| Singular | 1st | asam | asamsa | ||||||
| 2nd | asad | asadsa | |||||||
| 3rd m | às | às-san | |||||||
| 3rd f | aiste | aistese | |||||||
| Plural | 1st | asainn | asainne | ||||||
| 2nd | asaibh | asaibhse | |||||||
| 3rd | asta | astasan | |||||||
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
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
edit- Colin Mark (2003) “à”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 2