Possessive Pronouns

• for a definition see Possessive Pronoun (definition)

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>)
• 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