dhìot

See also: dhíot

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish dít. Cognates include Irish díot and Manx jeed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʝiəht̪/[1][2][3], (unstressed) /ʝiht̪/[4]
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ʝiəʰt̪/[5]
  • (South Argyll) IPA(key): /jiːht̪/[6]
  • Hyphenation: dhìot

Pronoun

dhìot

  1. second-person singular of de: of you

Inflection

Personal inflection of de
Person: simple emphatic
singular first dhìom dhìomsa
second dhìot dhìotsa
third m dheth dhethsan
f dhith dhithse
plural first dhinn dhinne
second dhibh dhibhse
third dhiubh dhiubhsan

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ 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 191
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 54
  4. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 151