bhur

Irish

Alternative forms

• bhar, úr
• mur (Ulster)
• nbhur (dialectal, after certain prepositions)
• ’ur (Munster, Connacht)

Etymology

From Old Irish for.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /uːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠəɾˠ/

Determiner

bhur (triggers eclipsis)

1. your (plural)

   bhur dteach ― your (pl.) house

   bhur n-athair ― your (pl.) father

See also

Irish personal pronouns

Number	Person (and gender)	Conjunctive (emphatic)	Disjunctive (emphatic)	Possessive determiner
Singular	First	mé (mise)		mo L m' before vowel sounds
	Second	tú (tusa)1	thú (thusa)	do L d' before vowel sounds
	Third masculine	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	a L
	Third feminine	sí (sise)	í (ise)	a H
	Third neuter	—	ea	—
Plural	First	muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne)		ár E
	Second	sibh (sibhse)1		bhur E
	Third	siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	a E

^L Triggers lenition ^E Triggers eclipsis ^H Triggers h-prothesis

¹ Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bhur”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 for, far, bar, uar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “bhur” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bhur” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.