See also: Assan, ässän, and as-san

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish [Term?]. Cognate with Irish as-san and Manx assyn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈas̪ːən/ (as if spelled as-san)
  • Hyphenation: às-san

Pronoun

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às-san

  1. third-person singular masculine emphatic of à: from him, from it

Inflection

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Personal inflection of à
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st asam asamsa
2nd asad asadsa
3rd m às às-san
3rd f aiste aistese
Plural 1st asainn asainne
2nd asaibh asaibhse
3rd asta astasan

References

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “à”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 2