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Gaelic [[preposition]], meaning roughly "out of" or "from". It governs the [[dative]] case, and does not usually trigger [[lenition]] on following indefinite nouns. | Gaelic [[preposition]], meaning roughly "out of" or "from". It governs the [[dative]] case, and does not usually trigger [[lenition]] on following indefinite nouns. | ||
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Gaelic preposition, meaning roughly "out of" or "from". It governs the dative case, and does not usually trigger lenition on following indefinite nouns.
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Simple forms
bare form: à 'on a' definite form: às an 'on the', also used before words beginning with a vowel
Basic inflected forms
Like most prepositions, à can be inflected for person, number, and gender. For example, to say "out of me", we use the single word asam.
""| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | asam | asainn | |
| 2nd | asad | asaibh | |
| 3rd | Masc | às | asta |
| Fem | aiste | ||
Emphatic Inflected forms
Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. ormsa "on **me**")
""| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | asamsa | asainne | |
| 2nd | asadsa | asaibhse | |
| 3rd | Masc | às-san | astasan |
| Fem | aistese | ||
Possessive inflected forms:
No Special forms are used for possessives. (Mark 2004:20)
""| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | à moL | às arN | |
| 2nd | à doL | à bhurN / às urN | |
| 3rd | Masc | às aL | às anN |
| Fem | às aH | ||
, <m>, and <f>
See also
//For other prepositions see prepositions//
References
Mark, Colin (2004) //The Gaelic-English Dictionary/Am Faclair Gàidhlig-Beurla.// London: Routledge
Notes
In this document, as elsewhere, ""L"" indicates lenition and ""N"" indicates nasalization, (prefixation of an n- before a word beginning with vowels, and a nasalization of the next consonant (not indicated in the orthography) and ""H"" indicates antilenition (the prefixation of h before words beginning with vowels).
