bhuaibh

Irish

Noun

bhuaibh

  1. lenited form of buaibh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úaib, húaib.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /fɤiv/[1], [fɞiv][2] (corresponding to the form bhoibh)
  • (Harris, Uist, Skye) IPA(key): /vuəv/[3][4]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /vuəp/[5] (corresponding to the form bhuaib)
  • (South Argyll) IPA(key): /vuiv/[6] (corresponding to the form bhuibh)

Pronoun

bhuaibh (emphatic bhuaibhse)

  1. second-person plural of bho: from you (plural or formal singular)

Inflection

Personal inflection of bhuaibh
Person: simple emphatic
singular first bhuam bhuamsa
second bhuat bhuatsa
third m bhuaithe bhuaithesan
f bhuaipe bhuaipese
plural first bhuainn bhuainne
second bhuaibh bhuaibhse
third bhuapa bhuapasan

See also

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 106
  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. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 190
  4. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  5. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  6. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 197
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