dóibh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dóbhtha

Etymology

From Old Irish doïb.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠoːvʲ/[1]
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /d̪ˠoːbʲ/, /d̪ˠoːbˠ/[2][3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔːfˠə/[4] (corresponding to dóbhtha)

Pronoun

dóibh (emphatic dóibhsean)

  1. third-person plural of do: to/for them
  2. (Cois Fharraige) third-person plural of de: of/from them

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, section 112, page 95
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 193
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977), Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], 302, 303, page 142
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 311, page 110
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