oirnne

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fornni. Cognates include Irish orainne and Manx orrinyn.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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oirnne

  1. first-person plural emphatic of air: on us

Inflection

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Personal inflection of air
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st orm ormsa
2nd ort ortsa
3rd m air airsan
3rd f oirre oirrese
Plural 1st oirnn oirnne
2nd oirbh oirbhse
3rd orra orrasan

References

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  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap