dheth

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish de. Cognates include Irish de and Manx jeh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʝɛ(h)/[1], /ʝe(h)/[2]

Pronoun

dheth

  1. 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

Personal inflection of de
Person: simple emphatic
singular first dhìom dhìomsa
second dhìot dhìotsa
third m dheth dhethsan
f dhith dhithse
plural first dhinn dhinne
second dhibh dhibhse
third dhiubh dhiubhsan

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ 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
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