Bho (preposition)

• For other prepositions see prepositions
• see also o

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.

		singular	plural
1st		bhuam	bhuainn
2nd		bhuat	bhuaibh
3rd	Masc	bhuaithe	bhuapa
	Fem	bhuaipe

Emphatic Inflected forms

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

		singular	plural
1st		bhuamsa	bhuainne
2nd		bhuatsa	bhuaibhse
3rd	Masc	bhuaithe-san	bhuapasan
	Fem	bhuaipse

Possessive inflected forms:

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

Full forms (Traditionally used in writing)

		singular	plural
1st		bho moL	bho arN
2nd		bho doL	bho bhurN
3rd	Masc	bho aL	bho anN
	Fem	bho aH

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

Contracted forms (typically used in speech)

		singular	plural
1st		bhomL	bho arN
2nd		bhodL	bho 'urN
3rd	Masc	bho aL	bho anN
	Fem	bho aH

am is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the labial 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).