roimhpe

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish rempe, roimpe, replacing earlier remi, romi, from Old Irish remi.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈɾẽʰp(ə)/, [ɾẽ̞ʰp][1] (as if spelled roimhp')
  • (North Uist, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈɾɛ̃hpə/[2][3], /ˈɾɛ̃çpə/[4]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈɾɛ̃hpʌ/[5]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔ̃ːhi/[6] (corresponding to the form ròimhthe)
  • (Islay) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔiçpə/[4]
  • Homophone: troimhpe (Southern Hebridean, much of Skye, Argyll)

Pronoun

roimhpe (emphatic roimhpese)

  1. third-person singular feminine of ro: before her, before it

Inflection

Personal inflection of roimhpe
Person: simple emphatic
singular first romham romhamsa
second romhad romhadsa
third m roimhe roimhesan
f roimhpe roimhpese
plural first romhainn romhainne
second romhaibh romhaibhse
third romhpa romhpasan

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, page 53
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 204
  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
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