troimhpe

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾẽʰp(ə)/, [t̪ʰɾẽ̞hp][1] (as if spelled troimhp')
  • (Harris, Uist, much of Skye) IPA(key): /ˈɾɛ̃hpə/[2][3] (corresponding to the form throimhpe; conflated with roimhpe)
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈɾɛ̃hpʌ/[4] (corresponding to the form throimhpe; conflated with roimhpe)
  • (Trotternish) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾɛ̃hpə/[3]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾɔ̃ːhi/[5] (corresponding to the form tròimhthe)
  • (Islay) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔiçpə/[6] (corresponding to the form throimhpe; conflated with roimhpe)

Pronoun

troimhpe (emphatic troimhpese)

  1. third-person singular feminine of tro: through her, through it

Inflection

Personal inflection of troimhpe
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. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. 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 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