fòdhpa
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish foïb. Cognate with Irish fúthu and Manx foue.
Pronunciation
edit- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːp(ə)/[1]
- (Uist, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːhə/[2][3] (corresponding to the form fòtha)
- (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈfoˑ.əxʌ][4] (corresponding to the form fodhcha)
- Hyphenation: fòdh‧pa
Pronoun
editfòdhpa
- third-person plural of fo: under them
Inflection
edit| 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
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
- ^ 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