iad

See also: IAD and -iad

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish íat (“they, them”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iəd̪ˠ/

Pronoun

iad (emphatic form iadsan, disjunctive)

  1. they, them

See also
Irish personal pronouns
Number Person (and gender) Conjunctive
(emphatic)		 Disjunctive
(emphatic)		 Possessive
determiner
SingularFirst mé
(mise)		 mo L
m' before vowel sounds
Second tú
(tusa)1		 thú
(thusa)		 do L
d' before vowel sounds
Third masculine sé
(seisean)		 é
(eisean)		 a L
Third feminine sí
(sise)		 í
(ise)		 a H
PluralFirst muid, sinn
(muidne, muide), (sinne)		 ár E
Second sibh
(sibhse)1		 bhur E
Third siad
(siadsan)		 iad
(iadsan)		 a E

L Triggers lenition E Triggers eclipsis H Triggers h-prothesis

1 Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
iad n-iad hiad not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "iad" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “íat” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “iad” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “iad” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Bulgarian ад (ad).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ad
  • audio(file)

Noun

iad n (plural iaduri)

  1. hell

Synonyms

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish íat (“they, them”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [iət̪], [ət̪]

Pronoun

iad

  1. they
  2. them
    Bha iad a' teagasg Seamus. - They were teaching James.

Usage notes

Note that iad, or any other free-standing pronoun, cannot be used as the object of a verbal noun.

  • *Bha Seamus a' teagasg iad. - Intended: 'James was teaching them.'

Instead, one of the gam series must be used. See the discussion at here.

Derived terms

See also
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.