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iad
iad
Irish
Pronoun
iad (disjunctive)
See also
Irish personal pronouns
| Number | Person (and gender) | Conjunctive (emphatic) |
Disjunctive (emphatic) |
Possessive determiner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | mé (mise) |
mo L m' before a vowel or fh- |
|
| Second | tú (tusa) |
thú (thusa) |
do L d' before a vowel or fh- |
|
| Third masculine | sé (seisean) |
é (eisean) |
a L | |
| Third feminine | sí (sise) |
í (ise) |
a H | |
| Plural | First | muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne) |
ár E | |
| Second | sibh (sibhse) |
bhur E | ||
| Third | siad (siadsan) |
iad (iadsan) |
a E | |
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| iad | n-iad | hiad | t-iad |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Romanian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jadъ, ultimately from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ad
Noun
iad n (plural iaduri)
Synonyms
- infern, gheenă
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish íat (“they, them”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [iət̪], [ət̪]
Pronoun
iad
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.