troimhe

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾẽ.ə/[1]
  • (Harris, North Uist, much of Skye) IPA(key): /ˈɾɛ̃.ə/[2], /ˈɾɛ̃hə/[3] (corresponding to the form throimhe; conflated with roimhe)
  • (South Uist) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔ̃ĩ.ə/[4] (corresponding to the form throimhe; conflated with roimhe)
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈɾɛ̃.ʌ/[5] (corresponding to the form throimhe; conflated with roimhe)
  • (Trotternish) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾɛ̃.ə/[2]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾɔ̃.i/[6]
  • (South Argyll) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔ.i/[7], [ˈɾɔʔi] (corresponding to the form throimhe; conflated with roimhe)

Pronoun

troimhe (emphatic troimhesan)

  1. third-person singular masculine of tro: through him, through it

Inflection

Personal inflection of troimhe
Person: simple emphatic
singular first tromham tromhamsa
second tromhad tromhadsa
third m troimhe troimhesan
f troimhpe troimhpese
plural first tromhainn tromhainne
second tromhaibh tromhaibhse
third tromhpa tromhpasan

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. 2.0 2.1 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 53
  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
  7. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 204