dhòmhsa

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish domsa. Cognates include Irish domsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɔ̃ːs̪ə/[1]
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈɣõːs̪(ə)/[2]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈɣɔ̃ːs̪ʌ/, [ˈɣɔ̝̃ːs̪ʌ][3]

Pronoun

dhòmhsa

  1. first-person singular emphatic of do: to me, for me
    Thoir càch dhòmhsa! ― Give the rest to me!
    Cha dèan e seo dhòmhsa gu bràth! ― He'll never do this for me!

Inflection

Personal inflection of do
Person: simple emphatic
singular first dhomh dhòmhsa
second dhut dhutsa
third m dha dhàsan
f dhi dhìse
plural first dhuinn dhuinne
second dhuibh dhuibhse
third dhaibh dhaibhsan

References

  1. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 155
  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 191
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