eadarainn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish etron. Cognates include Irish eadrainn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈet̪əɾɪɲ/[1]
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈat̪əɾɪɲ/[2]
  • Hyphenation: ea‧da‧rainn

Pronoun

eadarainn

  1. first-person plural of eadar: between us
    Tha sinn a' pàigheadh a' mhàil eadarainn. ― We pay the rent between us.

Inflection

Personal inflection of eadar
Person: simple emphatic
singular first — —
second — —
third m — —
f — —
plural first eadarainn eadarainne
second eadaraibh eadaraibhse
third eatarra eatarrasan

References

  1. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Mark, Colin (2003), “eadar”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN
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