dhiubh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish diib. Cognates include Irish díobh and Manx jeu.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ʝiəv/, (unstressed) /ʝəv/[1]
  • (Uist) IPA(key): /ʝuː/[2], (unstressed) /ʝu/[3]

Pronoun

dhiubh

  1. third-person plural of de: of them

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. ^ 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. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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