an seo
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- a sheo (colloquial)
- an seothach, a sheothach (Uist, colloquial)
Etymology
From an seo (literally “in this”). Akin to Irish anseo and Manx ayns shoh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(ə) ˈʃɔ(h)/[1][2]
- (careful speech) IPA(key): /əɲ ˈʃɔ/
- (colloquial forms) IPA(key): /an̪ˠə ˈʃɔ(h)/, /an̪ˠa ˈʃɔ(h)/, /an̪ˠə ˈhjɔ(h)/[3][4][5][6]
- (Uist colloquial form) IPA(key): /an̪ˠə ˈʃɔ.əx/[4] (corresponding to the form an seothach)
Adverb
- here
- Bha mi an seo an-dè. ― I was here yesterday.
See also
| pronoun | adverb | |
|---|---|---|
| proximal | seo | an seo |
| medial | sin | an sin |
| distal | siud | an siud |
References
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 122
- ^ 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, page 29
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 331
Further reading
- Mark, Colin (2003), “seo”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 512