orthu

See also: orðu

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish erriu, erro and forru.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɔɾˠhə/, /ˈɔɾˠə/[1] (corresponding to the spellings orra, ortha)
  • (Galway) IPA(key): (stressed) /ˈɔɾˠəbˠ/, (Aran also) /ˈɞɾˠəbˠ/, (unstressed) /ˈəɾˠəbˠ/[2][3] (as if spelled orthab)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɔɾˠhu/[4]

Pronoun

orthu (emphatic orthusan)

  1. third-person plural of ar: on them

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 94
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
  3. de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 299
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98
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