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.
|
IPA |
Meaning |
Colloquial/dialectal variants |
romham |
/rɔ͂.əm/ |
before me |
romham /rɔ.ɔm/ (Ag), romham /rõ.əm/ (L), romham /rõːm/ (Su) |
romham-sa |
/rɔ͂.əmsə/ |
before ME |
|
romhad |
/rɔ͂.əd/ |
before you |
romhad /rɔ.ɔd/ (Ag), romhad /rõ.əd/ (L), romhad /rõːd/ (Su) |
romhad-sa |
/rɔ͂.ədsə/ |
before YOU |
|
roimhe |
/rɔ͂jə/ |
before him |
roimhe /rẽ.ə/ (L), roimhe /rɛ͂.ɔ/ (B) |
roimhe-san |
/rɔ͂jəsən/ |
before HIM |
|
roimhpe |
/rɔ͂ĩhbə/ |
before her |
roimhpe /rẽhbə) (L), roimhpe /rɛ͂hbɔ/ (B), roimhpe /rɔ͂ĩb/ (P), ròithi /rɔːhɪ/ (S) |
roimhpe-se |
/rɔ͂ĩhəʃə/ |
before HER |
|
romhainn |
/rɔ͂.ɪNʲ/ |
before us |
romhann /rɔ͂ən/ (P), romhainn /rõ.ɪNʲ/ (L), romhainn /rõːNʲ/ (Su) |
romhainne |
/rɔ͂.ɪNʲə/ |
before US |
|
romhaibh |
/rɔ͂.ɪv/ |
before youse |
romhaibh /rɔ͂ĩ/ (P), romhaib /rɔ.əb/ (S), romhaibh /rõ.ɪv/ (L) |
romhaibh-se |
/rɔ͂.ɪvʃə/ |
before YOUSE |
|
romhpa |
/rɔ͂hbə/ |
before them |
romhpa /rɔ͂hbɔ/ (B), romhab /rɔ͂əb/ (P), ròtha /rɔːhə/ (S), ròtha /rɔːxə/ (K) |
romhpa-san |
/rɔ͂bəsən/ |
before THEM |
|
᚛ 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 ᚜