an dèis

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • an déis

Etymology

From Old Irish di éis, one of several expressions derived from és. Related to Irish in éis, tar éis.

Pronunciation

  • (Uist) IPA(key): /əˈ(ɲ)d̥ʒeʃ/, /əˈ(ɲ)d̥ʒe.ɪʃ/[1]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [əˈ(ɲ)d̥ʒeːʃ][2]

Preposition

an dèis (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

  1. (chiefly Uist and Barra) after

Inflection

Personal inflection of an dèis (compound preposition)
Person: simple emphatic
singular first nam dhèis nam dhèis-sa
second nad dhèis nad dhèis-sa
third m na dhèis na dhèis-san
f na dèis na dèis-se
plural first nar dèis nar dèis-ne
second nur dèis nur dèis-se
third nan dèis nan dèis-san

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “déis, an déis”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN