for

Irish: bhur

Scottish Gaelic: ur

From Proto-Celtic *sweseros, from *swīs (“you (pl.)”); compare Latin vester.

you (plural; as the object of a preposition that takes the genitive)


do

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do (with dative; triggers lenition of a following consonant-initial noun)

dom (first-person singular)
dam (first-person singular)
domsa (emphatic first-person singular)
damsa (emphatic first-person singular)
duit (second-person singular)
dait (second-person singular)
dit (second-person singular)
deit (second-person singular)
duitsiu (emphatic second-person singular)
detsiu (emphatic second-person singular)
deitsiu (emphatic second-person singular)
duitso (emphatic second-person singular)
détso (emphatic second-person singular)
dó (dative singular)
dóu (dative singular)
dáu (dative singular)
dosom (dative emphatic singular)
dossom (dative emphatic singular)
dí (dative singular)
disi (dative emphatic singular)
dissi (dative emphatic singular)
dún (first-person plural)
dúnn (first-person plural)
duún (first-person plural)
dúun (first-person plural)
dúin (first-person plural)
dúnni (emphatic first-person plural)
dúnnai (emphatic first-person plural)
dúib (plural second-person)
dúibsi (emphatic plural second-person)
doib (dative plural third-person)
doaib (dative plural third-person)
duaib (dative plural third-person)
dóib (dative plural third-person)
doïbsom (dative emphatic plural third-person)
doaibsem (dative emphatic plural third-person)
dóibsem (dative emphatic plural third-person)
du (alternative)

From Proto-Celtic *dū (“to”), from Proto-Indo-European *de. Unrelated to the prefix to-.

Is peccad díabul lesom .i. fodord doïb di dommatu, ⁊ du·fúairthed ní leu fora sáith din main, ⁊ todlugud inna féulæ ɔ amairis nánda·tibérad Día doïb, ⁊ nach coimnacuir ⁊ issi dano insin ind frescissiu co fochaid.

It is a double sin in his opinion, i.e. the murmuring by them of want, although there remained some of the manna with them upon their satiety, and demanding the meat with faithlessness that Good would not give it to them, and [even] that he could not; therefore that is the expectation with testing.


dia

dïa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

Univerbation of di (“of/from”) + a (“his/her/its/their”)


sin

From Proto-Celtic *sindos (compare Welsh hyn), from Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (“one”) or *só (“that”); strong doublet of in (“the”).

Is i persin Crist da·gníu-sa sin.

It is in the person of Christ that I do that.

that (as a direct object, used together with a clitic pronoun)


head

na (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

Aphetic form of inna (“in his/her/its/their”)


ar

Irish: ár

Scottish Gaelic: ar

From Proto-Celtic *anserom, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥serōm, from *nos (“we, us”); compare German unser.


nach

nach (masculine nominative)
nach (feminine nominative)
nacha (nominative plural)
nach (accusative masculine)
nach (accusative feminine)
nacha (accusative plural)
nach (genitive masculine)
naich (genitive masculine)
nacha (feminine genitive)
nach (genitive neuter)
nach (dative masculine)
nach (dative feminine neuter)
nach (dative plural)

From Proto-Celtic *nekʷos (“someone, something”); compare nech (“someone”). Cognate with Welsh neb.

inh

it essamnu de ar ro·fitetar is ar nach n-indocbáil móir fo·daimim-se inso

i.e. they are the more fearless, for they know that it is for some great glory that I endure this

In tan imme·romastar són nach noíb, ara cuintea dílgud Dé isind aimsir sin.

That is, when any saint sins, that he may seek the forgiveness of God at that time.

Nach torbatu coitchenn ro·boí indib fri dénum n-uilc, at·rubalt tar hǽsi á pectha.

Any common advantage that had been in them for doing evil, it has perished for their sin.


dom

Univerbation of do (“to, for”) + mo (“my”)


fora

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fora (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

Univerbation of for (“on”) + a (“his/her/its/their”)

univerbation

Is peccad díabul lesom .i. fodord doib di dommatu, ⁊ du·fúairthed ní leu fora sáith din main, ⁊ todlugud inna féulæ ɔ amairis nánda·tibérad Día doïb, ⁊ nach coimnacuir ⁊ issi dano insin ind frescissiu co fochaid.


mo

Irish: mo

Scottish Gaelic: mo

Manx: my

From Proto-Celtic *mene, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁mene, genitive of *éǵh₂. The Goidelic forms came from *mene being remodelled into *mowe by analogy with *towe (“your”) (whence do (“your”)).

Mad ar lóg pridcha-sa, .i. ar m’étiuth et mo thoschith, ním·bia fochricc dar hési mo precepte.

If I preach for pay, that is, for my clothing and my sustenance, I shall not have a reward for my teaching.

Fu·lilsain-se .i. matis mu námait duda·gnetis ⁊ maniptis mu chara⟨i⟩t duda·gnetis.

I would have endured, i.e. if it had been my enemies who did them and if it had not been my friends who did them.


ara

head

ara (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

Univerbation of ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) + a (“his/her/their”)

univerbation

for (the sake of) his/her/its/their, because of his/her/its/their


im

co beid .i. co mbed a ndéde sin im labrad-sa .i. gáu et fír .i. combad sain a n‑as·berin ó bélib et aní imme·rádin ó chridiu

so that there may be, i.e. so that those two things might be in my speaking, namely false and true, i.e. so that what I might say with [my] mouth and what I might think with [my] heart might be different


dara

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dara (triggers lenition in the meaning “his, its”, h-prothesis in the meaning “her”, and nasalization in the meaning “their”)

in the meaning “his (triggers-lenition)
its” (triggers-lenition)

Univerbation of tar (“over, across”) + a (“his, her, its, their”)


cía

cía (canonical)
ce (canonical)
ci (canonical)
ce (alternative)
ci (alternative)
cia (alternative)

From Proto-Celtic *kʷei (compare Welsh pwy), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

cía·tíasam

whereever we go (literally, “whatever we go to”)

(indefinite) whoever, whatever (followed by the subjunctive in the present tense)


cía

head

cía (triggers h-prothesis, feminine (triggers lenition) cesí or cessi or cisí, neuter (triggers lenition) ced or cid, plural citné or cisné)

cesí (feminine triggers-lenition)
cessi (feminine)
cisí (feminine)
ced (neuter triggers-lenition)
cid (neuter)
citné (plural)
cisné (plural)
ce (alternative)
ci (alternative)
cia (alternative)

which, what (agreeing with following noun in gender and number)


tarm

Univerbation of tar (“over, across”) + mo (“my”)


úa

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úa (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition; ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis; ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

Univerbation of úa (“from”) + a (“his/her/its/their”)


assa

Univerbation of ass- (“out of”) + a (“his/her/its/their”)

ferr assa ferr

Nesso assa nesso, ↄdid·tánicc fessin.

Nearer and nearer, until [Paul] has come to himself.

Added between two copies of a comparative adjective to indicate a gradual increase of degree: and


imma

imma (“each other”) + ad·ciat (“they look”) → imma·aiccet (“they look at each other”) (forms of ad·cí (“to see”))

reciprocal verbal particle followed by dependent form of verb: each other


fua

Univerbation of fo (“under (etc.)”) + a (various meanings, see individual entries)

univ

fo + a (“her”, triggers h-prothesis): under (etc.) her


asmo

Univerbation of ass- (“out of”) + mo (“my”)

univerbation

Hóre am essamin-se precepte asmo chuimriug, is lia de creitfess.

Since I am fearless in preaching out of my captivity, the more it is who will believe.


cach

Shortened from cách (“everyone, everything”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos; cognate with Middle Welsh pawb (modern Welsh pob).


diar

Univerbation of do (“to/for”) + ar (“our”)

univ

Is hed didiu for·théit in spirut, in tain guidme-ni inducbáil dïar corp et dïar n-animm iar n-esséirgiu.

Then the spirit helps when we pray for glory for our body and for our soul after resurrection.


intí

Univerbation of int (definite article) + í (deictic particle)

univerbation

dona⟨ib⟩hí dïand·rérchoíl intí Día

to those for whom God himself has determined it

used in apposition with proper nouns or common nouns denoting a specific individual to indicate that the individual has already been named previously: the aforementioned but more idiomatically translated into English with an emphatic reflexive such as himself


ísin

From í (deictic particle) + sin (“that”).

Bíid didiu a confessio hísin do foísitin pecthae, bíid dano do molad, bíid dano do atlugud buide; do foísitin didiu atá-som sunt.

That confessio, then, is for confessing sins, it is also for praising, it is also for offering thanks; here, then, it is for confessing.

that (used after the noun, which is preceded by the definite article; emphatic)


alaile

alaile (masculine nominative singular)
alaile (feminine nominative singular)
alaill (neuter nominative singular)
alaili (masculine singular vocative)
alaile (feminine singular vocative)
alaill (neuter singular vocative)
alaile (accusative masculine singular)
alaili (accusative feminine singular)
alaill (accusative neuter singular)
alaili (genitive masculine singular)
alaile (feminine genitive singular)
alaili (genitive neuter singular)
alailiu (dative masculine singular)
alaili (dative feminine singular)
alailiu (dative neuter singular)
alaili (masculine nominative plural)
alaili (feminine neuter nominative singular)
alaili (masculine plural vocative)
alailiu (masculine plural vocative)
alaili (feminine neuter singular vocative)
alaili (accusative masculine plural)
alailiu (accusative masculine plural)
alaili (accusative feminine neuter singular)
alaile (genitive)
alaile (genitive masculine)
alailib (dative)
alailib (dative masculine)
ala aile (alternative)
allaill (alternative)
araile (alternative)

Irish: araile

From Proto-Celtic *alalyos, reduplicated form of *alyos. The alternative form with r existed already in Proto-Celtic and is the source of the Brythonic forms: Breton/Welsh arall, Cornish aral.

(in the plural) some people (supplying the plural of nach in positive clauses)


ísiu

From í (deictic particle) + siu (“this”).

Is dúnn imchumurc fil isin chanóin fris·gair lessóm a n‑imchomarc n-ísiu .i. ne occideris .i. in ⸉n‑í⸊írr-siu .i. non. .i. nís·n‑ulemairbfe ci asid·roilliset.

It is to the interrogation that is in the Scripture text that this interrogation answers with him, i.e. ne occideris i.e. will you sg slay i.e. non i.e. you will not slay them all although they have deserved it.

this (used after the noun, which is preceded by the definite article; emphatic)