os cionn

See also: os-cionn

Irish

Pronunciation

Preposition

os cionn (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation)

  1. above
    Faoi dheireadh, bhí spéir gorm os ár gcionn.
    At last a blue sky was above us.
    Cad a chuirfidh tú os cionn na leapa?
    What will you put above the bed?
  2. more than
  3. beyond, exceeding
  4. in charge of

Inflection

Inflection of os cionn
Person: simple emphatic
singular first os mo chionn os mo chionnsa
second os do chionn os do chionnsa
third m os a chionn os a chionnsan
f os a cionn os a cionnsa
plural first os ár gcionn os ár gcionn-na
second os bhur gcionn os bhur gcionnsa
third os a gcionn os a gcionnsan

Derived terms

Adverb

os cionn

  1. above

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 314, page 157
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 171
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 136, page 52

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ɔs̪ ˈkʲʰɔ̃ũn̪ˠ/, [ɔs̪ ˈkʲʰʊ̃ũn̪ˠ][1]
  • (Harris) IPA(key): /as̪ ˈkʲʰɪ̃ĩɲ/[2] (corresponding to the form os cinn)
  • (North Uist) IPA(key): /ɔs̪ ˈkʲʰiuːn̪ˠ/[3]
  • (South Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /as̪ ˈkʲʰuːn̪ˠ/[2][4][5]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /fɔs̪ ˈkʲʰĩːɲ/[6] (corresponding to the form fos cinn)
  • (South Argyll) IPA(key): /ɑs̪ ˈkʲʰun̪ˠː/[7]

Preposition

os cionn (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

  1. above
    Antonym: fo
    mu dheireadh thall, bha adhar gorm os ar cionnat long last a blue sky was above us
    dè a chuireas tu os cionn na leapa?what will you put above the bed?

Derived terms

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 108
  2. 2.0 2.1 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 192
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  6. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 10
  7. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 140