rium

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish friumm.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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rium (emphatic riumsa)

  1. first-person singular of ri: to me, with me
    A bheil iad ag èisteachd rium?Are they listening to me?
    Bidh mo chù a' dol còmhla rium.My dog will be going (together) with me.

Inflection

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Personal inflection of ri
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st rium riumsa
2nd riut riutsa
3rd m ris ris-san
3rd f rithe rithese
Plural 1st rinn rinne
2nd ribh ribhse
3rd riutha riuthasan

References

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  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