bho

prep Another form of o which is the better of the two. Often written in conjunction with the personal pronouns thus: — 1^st sing bhuam, from me, pl bhuainn, from us, 2^nd bhuat, from you (sing), bhuaibh, from you, 3^rd m bhuaith, from him, bhuapa, (m & f) from them, f bhuaipe, from her. The forms under o are preferable to these. [Dr. Gillies says — "The p of (bhuaipe or) uaipe, now used for the fem form of the 3^rd pers sing is both phonetically and historically wrong. The form uaithe is fem in structure and analogous to leithe and rithe and its use as a masculine prep pronoun is grossly incorrect. Uaidh (or bhuaidh) is the correct modern form of Old Gaelic uad, from him." Dr. G. is literally right, although custom is against him and bhuaipe from her, being a firmly established form, both in speaking and writing, it is never likely to be altered in the Highlands. To substitute bhuaithe for bhuaipe now would cause unnecessary confusion, but bhuaidh for him, could be used as easily as bhuaith or bhuaithe. Were the Gaelic language taught in all the schools in the Highlands, popular mistakes like this would never get a hold]. Bho is used after a vowel or vowel sound, also when it begins a sentence; o is used after a pronounced consonant according to choice — D.M. ‡‡ says bho in the best dialects. * says bho is used in all the Isles.

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