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os cionn

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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os cionn (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation)

  1. above
    Faoi dheireadh, bhí spéir gorm os ár gcionn.
    At last a blue sky was above us.
    Cad a chuirfidh tú os cionn na leapa?
    What will you put above the bed?
  2. more than
  3. beyond, exceeding
  4. in charge of

Inflection

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Inflection of os cionn
Person: simple emphatic
singular first os mo chionn os mo chionnsa
second os do chionn os do chionnsa
third m os a chionn os a chionnsan
f os a cionn os a cionnsa
plural first os ár gcionn os ár gcionn-na
second os bhur gcionn os bhur gcionnsa
third os a gcionn os a gcionnsan

Derived terms

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Adverb

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os cionn

  1. above

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 314, page 157
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 171
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 136, page 52

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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os cionn (+ genitive or possessive determiner)

  1. above
    Antonym: fo
    mu dheireadh thall, bha adhar gorm os ar cionnat long last a blue sky was above us
    chuireas tu os cionn na leapa?what will you put above the bed?

Inflection

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Personal inflection of os cionn (compound preposition)
Person: simple emphatic
singular first os mo chionn os mo chionn-sa
second os do chionn os do chionn-sa
third m os a chionn os a chionn-san
f os a cionn os a cionn-se
plural first os ar cionn os ar cionn-ne
second os ur cionn os ur cionn-se
third os an cionn os an cionn-san

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 108
  2. 2.0 2.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 192
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  6. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 10
  7. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 140