oirre

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish furi. Cognates include Irish uirthi and Manx urree.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔrˠə/[1][2][3]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈɔrˠʌ/[4]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈɔɾ̥ʲhə/, /ˈɔjə/[5] (as if spelled oirthe)
  • (South Argyll) IPA(key): /ˈurˠ(ə)/[6][7] (as if spelled uirre)

Pronoun

oirre

  1. third-person singular feminine of air: on her, on it

Inflection

Personal inflection of air
Person: simple emphatic
singular first orm ormsa
second ort ortsa
third m air airsan
f oirre oirrese
plural first oirnn oirnne
second oirbh oirbhse
third orra orrasan

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  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
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ 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 145
  6. ^ Seumas Grannd (2000), The Gaelic of Islay: A Comparative Study‎[2], Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISBN, page 28
  7. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 118
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