Às (preposition)

Gaelic preposition, meaning roughly "out of" or "from". It governs the dative case, and does not usually trigger lenition on following indefinite nouns.

Forms

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.

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		singular	plural
1st		asam	asainn
2nd		asad	asaibh
3rd	Masc	às	asta
	Fem	aiste

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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

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Possessive inflected forms:

No Special forms are used for possessives. (Mark 2004:20)

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		singular	plural
1st		à moL	às arN
2nd		à doL	à bhurN / às urN
3rd	Masc	às aL	às anN
	Fem	às aH

"" am is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the labial consonant consonants ,

, <m>, and <f>

See also=

For other prepositions see prepositions

References

Mark, Colin (2004) The Gaelic-English Dictionary/Am Faclair Gàidhlig-Beurla. London: Routledge

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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).