bhuam

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úaimm.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

bhuam (emphatic bhuamsa)

  1. first-person singular of bho: from me
    Dh’fhaodadh gu bheil rudan air an cumail bhuam a chum mo mhaith.Perhaps things are kept from me for my good.

Inflection

Personal inflection of bhuam
Person: simple emphatic
singular first bhuam bhuamsa
second bhuat bhuatsa
third m bhuaithe bhuaithesan
f bhuaipe bhuaipese
plural first bhuainn bhuainne
second bhuaibh bhuaibhse
third bhuapa bhuapasan

See also

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 2.2 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
  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. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN