chaidh
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xaj/, (stressed) /xaːj/[1], /ˈxa.i/[2], (colloquial) /xa/[3]
- (Argyll islands) IPA(key): /xaç/, (stressed) /ˈxa.iç/ [ˈxaʔɪç][4]
Verb
chaidh
- independent past of rach
- chaidh Seumas dhan bhùth - James went to the shop
Usage notes
- The dependent form is deach or deachaidh (dialectal).
- Also used as a passive construction, as in "Chaidh an taigh a thogail" ("The house was built.")[5]
Derived terms
References
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 56
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Scouller, Alastair (2017), The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay (PhD thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 312
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