Possessive Pronouns

• for a definition see Possessive Pronoun (definition)

There are two ways to indicate possessive pronouns (my, your, his, her, our, their) in Gaelic. The first way, which is both more formal and indicates a less close relationships between the possessor and the possessed item, uses a pronoun that comes before the noun. The second way, which can be used for a closer relationship (and is, in fact far more common) is to combine the use of a noun and an adjective followed by an inflected form of the preposition aig

Prenominal possessive pronouns

Person	Singular		Plural
1	my	moL	our	àrN
2	your	doL	your	ùrN
3 masc	his	aL	their	an/am
3 feminine	her	aH

Notes:

• ^L stands for lenition trigger, ^N stands for Eclipsis/nasalization trigger, ^H indicates the word prefixes an <h> in front of the following word. These letters are not written but are provided here as guides.
• am is used instead of an in front of words beginning with any labial consonant (i.e. <b, m, f, p>), eg. their table am bòrd
• before words beginning with vowels "mo" is reduced to mo', do is reduced to d', and a^L his is deleted.

Examples

Before words beginning with consonants

• My pig: mo mhuc
• your pig: do mhuc
• his pig: a mhuc
• her pig: a muc
• Our pigs: àr mucan
• Your (pl) pigs: ùr mucan
• their pigs: an mucan

Before words beginning with vowels

• my father: m'athair
• your father: d'athair
• his father: athair
• her father: a h-athair
• our father: àr n-athair
• your (pl) father: ùr n-athair
• their father: an athair

See Also

• Genitive Case
• Sentential possession
• Aig (preposition)