bhur

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish for,[1] from Proto-Celtic *sweseros.

Pronunciation

Determiner

bhur (triggers eclipsis)

  1. your (plural)
    bhur dteach ― your pl house
    bhur n-athair ― your pl father

See also
Irish personal pronouns
Number Person (and gender) Conjunctive
(emphatic)		 Disjunctive
(emphatic)		 Possessive
determiner
SingularFirst mé
(mise)		 mo L
m' before vowel sounds
Second tú
(tusa)1		 thú
(thusa)		 do L
d' before vowel sounds
Third masculine sé
(seisean)		 é
(eisean)		 a L
Third feminine sí
(sise)		 í
(ise)		 a H
Third neuter —ea—
PluralFirst muid, sinn
(muidne, muide), (sinne)		 ár E
Second sibh
(sibhse)1		 bhur E
Third siad
(siadsan)		 iad
(iadsan)		 a E

L Triggers lenition E Triggers eclipsis H Triggers h-prothesis

1 Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 for, far, bar, uar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 235, page 86

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bhur”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “bhur” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “bhur” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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