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]; /ˈʌɾˠhə/[2] (corresponding to the spellings orra, ortha)
- (Aran) IPA(key): (stressed) /ˈɔɾˠəbˠ/, /ˈɞɾˠəbˠ/; (unstressed) /əɾˠəbˠ/[3] (as if spelled orrab)
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈɔɾˠəbˠ/[4] (as if spelled orrab)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɔɾˠhu/[5]
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, § 108, page 94
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 240, page 121
- ^ 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, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, section 299, page 141
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 280, page 98
