dheth
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish de. Cognates include Irish de and Manx jeh.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]dheth
- third-person singular masculine of de: of him, of it
- Gheibh mi a' chuid as fheàrr dheth. ― I'll get the better of him.
Inflection
[edit]| Personal inflection of de | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
| Singular | 1st | dhìom | dhìomsa | ||||||
| 2nd | dhìot | dhìotsa | |||||||
| 3rd m | dheth | dhethsan | |||||||
| 3rd f | dhith | dhithse | |||||||
| Plural | 1st | dhinn | dhinne | ||||||
| 2nd | dhibh | dhibhse | |||||||
| 3rd | dhiubh | dhiubhsan | |||||||
References
[edit]- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ 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