tromhaibh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾõ.əv/ [ˈt̪ʰɾõ.əv̥][1]
  • (Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /ˈɾɔ̃.əv/, [ˈɾɔ̝̃ˑ.əv][2] (corresponding to the form thromhaibh; conflated with romhaibh)
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɾɔ̃.əp/[3] (corresponding to the form tromhaib)

Pronoun

tromhaibh (emphatic tromhaibhse)

  1. second-person plural or formal singular of ro: through you

Inflection

Personal inflection of tromhaibh
Person: simple emphatic
singular first tromham tromhamsa
second tromhad tromhadsa
third m troimhe troimhesan
f troimhpe troimhpese
plural first tromhainn tromhainne
second tromhaibh tromhaibhse
third tromhpa tromhpasan

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. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN