rannsaich

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse rannsaka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrˠãũs̪ɪç/[1]

Verb

rannsaich (past rannsaich, future rannsaichidh, verbal noun rannsachadh, past participle rannsaichte)

  1. explore
  2. investigate, probe, scrutinize, study
  3. research
    "Cha do rannsaich thu a' chùis seo, an do rannsaich?" - "Rannsaich mi e, nach do rannsaich?"
    "You didn't research this, did you?" - "I researched it, didn't I?"

Conjugation

Conjugation of rannsaich (regular)
stem rannsaich
verbal noun rannsachadh
past participle rannsaichte
singular plural impersonal
first second third m/f first second third
independent past rannsaich mi rannsaich thu rannsaich e/i rannsaich sinn rannsaich sibh rannsaich iad rannsaicheadh
future rannsaichidh mi rannsaichidh tu rannsaichidh e/i rannsaichidh sinn rannsaichidh sibh rannsaichidh iad rannsaichear
rannsaichtear
conditional rannsaichinn rannsaicheadh tu rannsaicheadh e/i rannsaicheamaid
rannsaicheadh sinn 		rannsaicheadh sibh rannsaicheadh iad rannsaichteadh
rannsaichist1
rannsaichiste1
negative past cha do rannsaich mi cha do rannsaich thu cha do rannsaich e/i cha do rannsaich sinn cha do rannsaich sibh cha do rannsaich iad cha do rannsaicheadh
future cha rannsaich mi cha rannsaich thu cha rannsaich e/i cha rannsaich sinn cha rannsaich sibh cha rannsaich iad cha rannsaichear
cha rannsaichtear
conditional cha rannsaichinn cha rannsaicheadh tu cha rannsaicheadh e/i cha rannsaicheamaid
cha rannsaicheadh sinn 		cha rannsaicheadh sibh cha rannsaicheadh iad cha rannsaichteadh
cha rannsaichist1
cha rannsaichiste1
affirmative
interrogative 		past an do rannsaich mi? an do rannsaich thu? an do rannsaich e/i? an do rannsaich sinn? an do rannsaich sibh? an do rannsaich iad? an do rannsaicheadh?
future an rannsaich mi? an rannsaich thu? an rannsaich e/i? an rannsaich sinn? an rannsaich sibh? an rannsaich iad? an rannsaichear?
an rannsaichtear?
conditional an rannsaichinn? an rannsaicheadh tu? an rannsaicheadh e/i? an rannsaicheamaid?
an rannsaicheadh sinn? 		an rannsaicheadh sibh? an rannsaicheadh iad? an rannsaichteadh?
an rannsaichist?1
an rannsaichiste?1
negative
interrogative 		past nach do rannsaich mi? nach do rannsaich thu? nach do rannsaich e/i? nach do rannsaich sinn? nach do rannsaich sibh? nach do rannsaich iad? nach do rannsaicheadh?
future nach rannsaich mi? nach rannsaich thu? nach rannsaich e/i? nach rannsaich sinn? nach rannsaich sibh? nach rannsaich iad? nach rannsaichear?
nach rannsaichtear?
conditional nach rannsaichinn? nach rannsaicheadh tu? nach rannsaicheadh e/i? nach rannsaicheamaid?
nach rannsaicheadh sinn? 		nach rannsaicheadh sibh? nach rannsaicheadh iad? nach rannsaichteadh?
nach rannsaichist?1
nach rannsaichiste?1
relative
future 		affirmative (ma) rannsaicheas mi (ma) rannsaicheas thu (ma) rannsaicheas e/i (ma) rannsaicheas sinn (ma) rannsaicheas sibh (ma) rannsaicheas iad (ma) rannsaichear
negative (mur) rannsaich mi (mur) rannsaich thu (mur) rannsaich e/i (mur) rannsaich sinn (mur) rannsaich sibh (mur) rannsaich iad (mur) rannsaichear
(mur) rannsaichtear
imperative rannsaicheam rannsaich rannsaicheadh e/i rannsaicheamaid rannsaichibh rannsaicheadh iad rannsaichear
rannsaichtear

1 Lewis dialect form

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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
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