dhaibh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish doib. Cognates include Irish dóibh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣaiv/[1], (unstressed) /ɣai/[2], /ɣav/[3]

Pronoun

dhaibh

  1. third-person plural of do

Inflection

Personal inflection of do
Person: simple emphatic
singular first dhomh dhòmhsa
second dhut dhutsa
third m dha dhàsan
f dhi dhìse
plural first dhuinn dhuinne
second dhuibh dhuibhse
third dhaibh dhaibhsan

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