astasan

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Irish

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Pronoun

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astasan

  1. Alternative form of astusan

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish [Term?]. Cognate with Irish astusan and Manx assdauesyn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈas̪təs̪ən/[1]
  • Hyphenation: as‧ta‧san

Pronoun

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astasan

  1. third-person plural emphatic of à: from them

Inflection

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Personal inflection of à
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st asam asamsa
2nd asad asadsa
3rd m às às-san
3rd f aiste aistese
Plural 1st asainn asainne
2nd asaibh asaibhse
3rd asta astasan

References

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  1. ^ 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

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “à”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 2