dh'

See also: dh, DH, dH, and d. h.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before (fh)a, (fh)á, (fh)o, (fh)ó, (fh)u, (fh)ú) /ɣ/, (before (fh)e, (fh)é, (fh)i, (fh)í) /j/

Particle

dh’

1. (nonstandard) Used after a (“to”) before a lenited verbal noun starting with a vowel sound.
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193:

     Ní raibh aon fhear óg uasal timpall ná go raibh ag tnúth le Máire Bhán a dh’fhagháil le pósadh, ach ní raibh aon mhaith d’aoinne bheith á lorg.

     There wasn’t any young gentleman around but that he longed to get Blonde Mary in marriage, but it was no good for anyone to ask her.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before (fh)a, (fh)à, (fh)o, (fh)ò, (fh)u, (fh)ù) /ɣ/, (before (fh)e, (fh)è, (fh)i, (fh)ì) /ʝ/

Particle

dh’

1. Used for leniting vowels.

Usage notes

• If a grammatical rule demands lenition of words beginning with a consonant, eg when creating an infinitive or a past tense form, this particle is added as a prefix to words beginning with a vowel.

  snàmh — swim

  a shnàmh — to swim

  shnàmh mi — I swam

  òl — drink

  a dh’òl — to drink

  dh’òl mi — I drank