In the table below, the regions of dialectal/colloquial forms are marked but this is indicative i.e. they may not occur elsewhere too. For example, a form marked Lewis may also occur on Skye but may not have been recorded in the literature to date.
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IPA |
Meaning |
Colloquial/dialectal variants |
| orm |
/ɔrɔm/ |
on me |
orm /aram/ (L/Su) |
| orm-sa |
/ɔrɔmsə/ |
on ME |
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| ort |
/ɔRʃd/ |
on you |
oirt /ɔRʃdʲ/ (P) |
| ort-sa |
/ɔRʃdsə/ |
on YOU |
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| air |
/ɛrʲ/ |
on him |
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| air-san |
/ɛrʲsən/ |
on HIM |
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| oirre |
/ɔRə/ |
on her |
uirre /uRə/ (Ag/K), oirre /ɔRɔ/ (B), oirre /ɔrhə/ (S) |
| oirre-se |
/ɔRəʃə/ |
on HER |
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| oirnn |
/ɔːRNʲ/ |
on us |
oirnn /ɔrʲɪNʲ/ (B), oirnn /ɔrɪn/ (K/P/Su), oirrn /ɔːRn/ (L) |
| oirnne |
/ɔːRNʲə/ |
on US |
orn-sa /ɔrns/ (P) |
| oirbh |
/ɔrʲɪv/ |
on youse |
oirbh /ɔrɪ/ (P/S/Su), oirbh /ɔru/ (S/Su), oirbh /ɤðɤv/ (L) |
| oirbh-se |
/ɔrʲɪvʃə/ |
on YOUSE |
oirbh-sa /ɔrɪs/ (P) |
| orra |
/ɔRə/ |
on them |
orra /ɔRɔ/ (B), orra /ɔrhə/ (S) |
| orra-san |
/ɔRəsən/ |
on THEM |
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air dho /ərə/ on your (B, SI) |
᚛ Ag Argyll · B Barra · H Harris · IJ Islay/Jura · K Kintyre · L Lewis · M Mull · P Perthshire · R Ross · S Skye · SI Small Isles · Su Sutherland · TC Tiree/Coll · U Uist/Benbecula · ♻️ universally common ᚜