View source for Ri(s) (preposition)

Ri or ris roughly means 'to' although it is never used with verbs of motion or conveyance. 

==Uses==
*Tha mi a' bruidhinn ri Calum "I'm talking to Calum"
*comhla ri "along with"
*ag eisdeachd take ri as a preposition

==Forms==

*bare form: ri 'with a'
*definite form: ris an 'with the'

===Basic inflected forms===

Like most prepositions, ''air'' can be inflected for [[Person (definition)|person]], [[number (definition)|number]], and [[Gender (definition)|gender]]. For example, to say "on me", we use the single word ''orm''.

<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
<TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>rium<TD>ruinn/rinn
<TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>riut<TD>ruibh/ribh
<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>ris<TD rowspan="2">riutha
<TR><TH>Fem<TD>rithe
</TABLE>

===Emphatic Inflected forms===

Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. ormsa "on **me**")

<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
<TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>rium-sa<TD>ruinn-ne
<TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>ruit-sa<TD>ruibh-se
<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>ris-san-<TD rowspan="2">riutha-san
<TR><TH>Fem<TD>rithe-se
</TABLE>

===Possessive inflected forms:===



<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
<TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>rim<sup>L</sup><TD>ri ar<sup>N</sup>
<TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>rid<sup>L</sup><TD>ri ur<sup>N</sup> / X<sup>N</sup>
<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>ro a<sup>L</sup><TD rowspan="2">rin<sup>N</sup>
<TR><TH>Fem<TD>ro a<sup>H</sup>
</TABLE>
Note: ''am'' is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the [[labial (definition)|labial]] [[Consonant (definition)|consonants]] <m, b, p,  f>

==See Also==
==References==

[[Category: Lexical Item]]
[[Category: Preposition]]