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| + | for information on the use of ''air'' as a marker of the [[Perfect perfect]] [[Aspect aspect]] see [[PerfectAspect Perfect Aspect]]. For information on the use of ''air'' as one means of expressing the [[Passive passive]] [[Voice voice]] see [[PassiveVoice Passive Voice]]// | ||
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| + | Gaelic [[preposition]], meaning roughly "on". It governs the [[dative]] case, but does not usually trigger [[lenition]] on following indefinite nouns (except in certain idiomatic phrasings). | ||
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| + | //For other prepositions see [[prepositions]]// | ||
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| + | ===Simple forms=== | ||
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| + | bare form: air 'on a' | ||
| + | definite form: air an 'on the' | ||
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| + | ===Basic inflected forms=== | ||
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| + | Like most prepositions, ''air'' can be inflected for [[Person (definition)|person]], [[number (definition)|number]], and [[gender (defintition)|gender]]. For example, to say "on me", we use the single word ''orm''. | ||
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| + | <TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all"> | ||
| + | <TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural | ||
| + | <TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>orm<TD>oirnn | ||
| + | <TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>ort<TD>oirbh | ||
| + | <TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>air<TD rowspan="2">orra | ||
| + | <TR><TH>Fem<TD>oirre | ||
| + | </TABLE> | ||
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| + | ===Emphatic Inflected forms=== | ||
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| + | Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. ormsa "on **me**") | ||
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| + | <TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all"> | ||
| + | <TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural | ||
| + | <TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>ormsa<TD>oirnne | ||
| + | <TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>ortsa<TD>oirbhse | ||
| + | <TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>airsan<TD rowspan="2">orrasan | ||
| + | <TR><TH>Fem<TD>oirrese | ||
| + | </TABLE> | ||
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| + | ===Possessive inflected forms:=== | ||
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| + | No Special forms are used for possessives, although occasionally one might find the abbreviated ''orra<sup>L</sup>'' 'on your' instead of ''air do'' (not to be confused with ''orra'' "on them"). (Mark 2004:20) | ||
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| + | <TABLE columns="4" border=1 cellpadding=2, rules="all"> | ||
| + | <TR><TH colspan="2"><TH colspan="1">singular<TH colspan="1">plural | ||
| + | <TR><TH colspan="2">1st<TD>air mo<sup>L</sup><TD>air ar<sup>N</sup> | ||
| + | <TR><TH colspan="2">2nd<TD>air do<sup>L</sup><TD>air bhur<sup>N</sup> / air ur<sup>N</sup> | ||
| + | <TR><TH rowspan="2">3rd<TH>Masc<TD>air a<sup>L</sup><TD rowspan="2">air an<sup>N</sup> | ||
| + | <TR><TH>Fem<TD>air a<sup>H</sup> | ||
| + | </TABLE> | ||
| + | Note: ''am'' is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the [[labial]] [[consonant consonants]] <b, p, m, f> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | Mark, Colin (2004) //The Gaelic-English Dictionary/Am Faclair Gàidhlig-Beurla.// London: Routledge | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
| + | ==Notes== | ||
| + | In this document, as elsewhere, <sup>L</sup> indicates [[lenition]] and <sup>N</sup> indicates [[nasalization]], (prefixation of an n- before a word beginning with vowels, and a nasalization of the next consonant (not indicated in the orthography) and <sup>H</sup> indicates [[Antilenition]] (the prefixation of h before words beginning with vowels). | ||
Revision as of 17:43, 11 May 2009
for information on the use of air as a marker of the Perfect perfect Aspect aspect see PerfectAspect Perfect Aspect. For information on the use of air as one means of expressing the Passive passive Voice voice see PassiveVoice Passive Voice//
Gaelic preposition, meaning roughly "on". It governs the dative case, but does not usually trigger lenition on following indefinite nouns (except in certain idiomatic phrasings).
//For other prepositions see prepositions//
Contents
Simple forms
bare form: air 'on a' definite form: air an 'on the'
Basic inflected forms
Like most prepositions, air can be inflected for person, number, and gender. For example, to say "on me", we use the single word orm.
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | orm | oirnn | |
| 2nd | ort | oirbh | |
| 3rd | Masc | air | orra |
| Fem | oirre | ||
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 | ormsa | oirnne | |
| 2nd | ortsa | oirbhse | |
| 3rd | Masc | airsan | orrasan |
| Fem | oirrese | ||
Possessive inflected forms:
No Special forms are used for possessives, although occasionally one might find the abbreviated orraL 'on your' instead of air do (not to be confused with orra "on them"). (Mark 2004:20)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | air moL | air arN | |
| 2nd | air doL | air bhurN / air urN | |
| 3rd | Masc | air aL | air anN |
| Fem | air aH | ||
Note: am is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the labial consonant consonants <b, p, m, 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 nasalization, (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).
