dh'
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣ/
Particle
dh’
- (nonstandard) Used after a (“to”) before a lenited verbal noun starting with a vowel sound.
- 1938, Marie-Louise Sjoestedt-Jonval, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, p. 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.
- 1938, Marie-Louise Sjoestedt-Jonval, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, p. 193:
Scottish Gaelic
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
- a shnàmh — to swim
- òl — drink
- a dh’òl — to drink
- dh’òl mi — I drank
- a dh’òl — to drink
- snàmh — swim
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