orthu
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See also: orðu
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish erriu, erro and forru.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɔɾˠhə/, /ˈɔɾˠə/[1] (corresponding to the spellings orra, ortha)
- (Galway) IPA(key): (stressed) /ˈɔɾˠəbˠ/, (Aran also) /ˈɞɾˠəbˠ/, (unstressed) /ˈəɾˠəbˠ/[2][3] (as if spelled orthab)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɔɾˠhu/[4]
Pronoun[edit]
orthu (emphatic orthusan)
- third-person plural of ar: on them
References[edit]
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 94
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 299
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98
