romhpa

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish rempu, rempo, rempa, rompu, rompoib, replacing earlier remaib, from Old Irish remib.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈɾõʰp(ə)/[1]
  • (Harris, Uist, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔ̃hpə/[2][3]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔ̃hpʌ/, [ˈɾɔ̝̃hpʌ][4]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔːhə/[5] (corresponding to the form ròmhtha)
  • (Islay) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔːhpə/[6] (corresponding to the form ròmhpa)
  • Homophone: tromhpa (Southern Hebridean, much of Skye, Argyll)

Pronoun

romhpa (emphatic romhpasan)

  1. third-person plural of ro: before them

Inflection

Personal inflection of romhpa
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. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  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. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  6. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 204
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