rudeigin

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From rud (“thing”) +‎ -eigin (“some”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrˠut̪ikʲin/[1], /ˈrˠut̪ikʲiɲ/[2]
  • (Islay) IPA(key): /ˈrˠɤt̪ɑkʲiɲ/[3]
  • (Gigha) IPA(key): /ˈrˠot̪ɑkʲiɲ/[3]

Pronoun

rudeigin

  1. something

Adverb

rudeigin

  1. a bit, somewhat
    bha sinn rudeigin dubhach gun tàinig oirnn a dhol a-mach ― we were a bit sad that we had to go out

See also

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. ^ 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 188
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 205
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