dhutsa

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish duitse. Cognates include Irish duitse.

Pronunciation

  • (Uist, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈɣus̪ə/[1][2] (as if spelled dhusa)
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈɣus̪ʌ/[3] (as if spelled dhusa)
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈɣuht̪s̪(ə)/[4]
  • Hyphenation: dhut‧sa

Pronoun

dhutsa

  1. second-person singular emphatic of do: to thee, for thee

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. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  2. ^ 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
  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
  4. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 54