an sin

See also: ansin

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • (colloquial) a shin
  • (Uist, colloquial) an sineach, a shineach

Etymology

From an sin (literally “in that”). Akin to Irish ansin and Manx ayns shen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ə) ˈʃĩn/[1], /(ə) ˈʃĩɲ/
  • (careful speech) IPA(key): /əɲ ˈʃĩn/, /əɲ ˈʃĩɲ/
  • (colloquial forms) IPA(key): /(ə) ˈhĩn/, /an̪ˠə ˈʃĩn/, /an̪ˠə ˈhĩn/[2][3], /an̪ˠə ˈʃĩɲ/, /an̪ˠa ˈʃĩɲ/, /an̪ˠə ˈhĩɲ/[4][5]
  • (Harris and North Uist) IPA(key): /(ə) ˈʃɛ̃n/[6] (as if spelled an sean)
  • (Wester Ross colloquial form) IPA(key): /an̪ˠə ˈʃĩnɔxkɪɲ/[3] (corresponding to the form an sineachdainn)
  • (South Argyll) IPA(key): /(ə) ˈʃʏn/, /(ə) ˈʃen/[1]

Adverb

an sin

  1. there

See also

Scottish Gaelic demonstratives
pronoun adverb
proximal seo an seo
medial sin an sin
distal siud an siud

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 122
  2. ^ 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
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 728
  4. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  6. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 149

Further reading

  • Mark, Colin (2003), The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 666
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