In the table below, the regions of dialectal/colloquial forms are marked but this is indicative i.e. they may not occur elsewhere too. For example, a form marked Lewis may also occur on Skye but may not have been recorded in the literature to date.
|
IPA |
Meaning |
Colloquial/dialectal variants |
dhìom |
/ʝiəm/ ~ /ʝəm/ |
off me |
dhìom /ʝiːm/ (Ag) |
dhìom-sa |
/ʝiəmsə/ |
off ME |
dhìoma-sa /ʝiməsə/ (K) |
dhìot |
/ʝiəhd/ ~ /ʝid/ |
off you |
dhìot /ʝiːhd/ (Ag) |
dhìot-sa |
/ʝiəhdsə/ |
off YOU |
|
dheth |
/ʝɛh/ |
off him |
|
dheth-san |
/ʝɛsən/ |
off HIM |
|
dhith |
/ʝih/ |
off her |
dhìthe /ʝiːçə/ (Ag) |
dhith-se |
/ʝiʃə/ |
off HER |
|
dhinn |
/ʝiːNʲ/ |
off us |
dhinn /ʝiəNʲ/ (P) |
dhinne |
/ʝiNʲə/ |
off US |
|
dhibh |
/ʝiv/ ~ /ʝəv/ |
off youse |
dhìb /ʝiːb/ (S), dhibh /ʝɤi/ (Su), dhibh /ʝiəj/ (P) |
dhibh-se |
/ʝivʃə/ |
off YOUSE |
dhibhe-se /ʝivəʃə/ (K) |
dhiubh |
/ʝuː/ ~ /ʝu/ |
off them |
dhiùbha /ʝuːhə/ (Ag/K/S), dhiubha /ʝuə/ (P) |
dhiubh-san |
/ʝuːsən/ |
off THEM |
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᚛ Ag Argyll · B Barra · H Harris · IJ Islay/Jura · K Kintyre · L Lewis · M Mull · P Perthshire · R Ross · S Skye · SI Small Isles · Su Sutherland · TC Tiree/Coll · U Uist/Benbecula · ♻️ universally common ᚜