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[[Category: Lexical Item]]
 
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[[Category: preposition]]
 
[[Category: preposition]]
 
 
*''For other prepositions see [[prepositions]]''
 
*''For other prepositions see [[prepositions]]''
 
*''see also [[O (preposition)|o]]''
 
*''see also [[O (preposition)|o]]''
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Like most prepositions, ''bho'' can be inflected for [[person]], [[number]], and [[gender]]. For example, to say "from me", we use the single word ''bhuam''.
 
Like most prepositions, ''bho'' can be inflected for [[person]], [[number]], and [[gender]]. For example, to say "from me", we use the single word ''bhuam''.
  
""<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
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<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"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
 
<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>bhuam<TD>bhuainn
 
<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>bhuam<TD>bhuainn
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<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>bhuaithe<TD rowspan="2">bhuapa
 
<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>bhuaithe<TD rowspan="2">bhuapa
 
<TR><TH>Fem<TD>bhuaipe
 
<TR><TH>Fem<TD>bhuaipe
</TABLE>""
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</TABLE>
  
 
===Emphatic Inflected forms===
 
===Emphatic Inflected forms===
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Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. bhuamsa "from **me**")
 
Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. bhuamsa "from **me**")
  
""<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
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<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"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
 
<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>bhuamsa<TD>bhuainne
 
<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>bhuamsa<TD>bhuainne
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<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>bhuaithe-san<TD rowspan="2">bhuapasan
 
<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>bhuaithe-san<TD rowspan="2">bhuapasan
 
<TR><TH>Fem<TD>bhuaipse
 
<TR><TH>Fem<TD>bhuaipse
</TABLE>""
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</TABLE>
  
  
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==Full forms (Traditionally used in writing)==
 
==Full forms (Traditionally used in writing)==
  
""<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
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<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"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
 
<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>bho mo<sup>L</sup><TD>bho ar<sup>N</sup>
 
<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>bho mo<sup>L</sup><TD>bho ar<sup>N</sup>
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<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>bho a<sup>L</sup><TD rowspan="2">bho an<sup>N</sup>
 
<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>bho a<sup>L</sup><TD rowspan="2">bho an<sup>N</sup>
 
<TR><TH>Fem<TD>bho a<sup>H</sup>
 
<TR><TH>Fem<TD>bho a<sup>H</sup>
</TABLE>""
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</TABLE>
 
''am'' is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the [[labial]] [[consonant consonants]] <nowiki><b>, <p>, <m>, and <f></nowiki>
 
''am'' is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the [[labial]] [[consonant consonants]] <nowiki><b>, <p>, <m>, and <f></nowiki>
  
 
==Contracted forms (typically used in speech)==
 
==Contracted forms (typically used in speech)==
""<TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all">
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<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"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural
 
<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>bhom<sup>L</sup><TD>bho ar<sup>N</sup>
 
<TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>bhom<sup>L</sup><TD>bho ar<sup>N</sup>
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<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD> bho a<sup>L</sup><TD rowspan="2">bho an<sup>N</sup>
 
<TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD> bho a<sup>L</sup><TD rowspan="2">bho an<sup>N</sup>
 
<TR><TH>Fem<TD>bho a<sup>H</sup>
 
<TR><TH>Fem<TD>bho a<sup>H</sup>
</TABLE>""
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</TABLE>
 
''am'' is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the [[labial]] [[consonant consonants]] <nowiki><b>, <p>, <m>, and <f></nowiki>
 
''am'' is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the [[labial]] [[consonant consonants]] <nowiki><b>, <p>, <m>, and <f></nowiki>
  

Revision as of 09:16, 17 May 2009

Gaelic preposition, meaning roughly "from". It can also mean "since". It governs the dative case, and triggers lenition on the following noun.


Simple forms

bare form: bho""L"" 'from/from a' definite form: bhon 'from the'

Basic inflected forms

Like most prepositions, bho can be inflected for person, number, and gender. For example, to say "from me", we use the single word bhuam.

singularplural
1stbhuambhuainn
2ndbhuatbhuaibh
3rdMascbhuaithebhuapa
Fembhuaipe

Emphatic Inflected forms

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

singularplural
1stbhuamsabhuainne
2ndbhuatsabhuaibhse
3rdMascbhuaithe-sanbhuapasan
Fembhuaipse


Possessive inflected forms:

There are two kinds of forms used when we want to use a preposition with a posspron Possessive Pronoun. The first form is found primarily in writing, the reduced form is used in speech.

Full forms (Traditionally used in writing)

singularplural
1stbho moLbho arN
2ndbho doLbho bhurN
3rdMascbho aLbho anN
Fembho aH

am is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the labial consonant consonants <b>, <p>, <m>, and <f>

Contracted forms (typically used in speech)

singularplural
1stbhomLbho arN
2ndbhodLbho 'urN
3rdMasc bho aLbho anN
Fembho aH

am is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the labial consonant consonants <b>, <p>, <m>, and <f>

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 Eclipsis, (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).