O (preposition)

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

• For other prepositions see prepositions
• see also Bho (preposition)

Simple forms

bare form: o^L 'from/from a' definite form: on 'from the'

Basic inflected forms

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

		singular	plural
1st		uam	uainn
2nd		uat	uaibh
3rd	Masc	uaithe	uapa
	Fem	uaipe

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		uamsa	uainne
2nd		uatsa	uaibhse
3rd	Masc	uaithe-san	uapasan
	Fem	uaipse

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		o moL	o arN
2nd		o doL	o bhurN
3rd	Masc	o aL	o 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		omL	o arN
2nd		odL	o 'urN
3rd	Masc	o aL	o anN
	Fem	o 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).