dhaibhsan

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish doibsom. Cognates include Irish dóibhsean.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣais̪ən/[1]
  • Hyphenation: dhaibh‧san

Pronoun

dhaibhsan

  1. third-person plural emphatic of do: to them, for them

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. ^ 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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