talmhainn
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- (Lewis, Bracadale) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰaˈl̪ˠa.viɲ/[1][2][3]
- (much of Skye) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰaˈl̪ˠa.iɲ/[3][4]
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰaˈl̪ˠa.uɲ/[5]
Noun
talmhainn
- genitive singular of talamh
Usage notes
- Unlike the masculine nominative and plural forms, the genitive singular is feminine.
- uachdar na talmhainn ― the surface of the earth
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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 212
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 50
- ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902), “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99[1], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
- ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN