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Ro or roimh roughly means 'before'

==Uses==

==Forms==

*bare form: roimh 'before a'
*definite form: roimh 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>romham<TD>romhainn
<TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>romhad<TD>romhaibh
<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>roimhe<TD rowspan="2">romhpa
<TR><TH>Fem<TD>roimhpe
</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>romham-sa<TD>romhainn-ne
<TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>romhad-sa<TD>romhaibh-se
<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>roimhe-san-<TD rowspan="2">romhpa-san
<TR><TH>Fem<TD>roimhpe-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><sup>L</sup><TD><sup>N</sup>
<TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD><sup>L</sup><TD><sup>N</sup> / X<sup>N</sup>
<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD><sup>L</sup><TD rowspan="2"><sup>N</sup>
<TR><TH>Fem<TD><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]]

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