"-am" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See -am in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /əm/ Forms: -eam [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Irish -imm. The spelling indicates that the m was broad before the loss of the broad/slender distinction in labial consonants; this pronunciation arose by leveling of this ending with the broad m found in first-person singular prepositional pronouns such as agam, asam, thugam etc. Compare the Ulster pronunciation of Irish -im (first-person singular present indicative and imperative) as /əmˠ/. Etymology templates: {{der|gd|sga|-imm}} Old Irish -imm, {{cog|ga|-im|pos=first-person singular present indicative and imperative}} Irish -im (first-person singular present indicative and imperative) Head templates: {{head|gd|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes|cat3=|g=|g2=}} -am, {{gd-suffix|i}} -am
  1. first-person singular imperative ending of verbs Tags: morpheme
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        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish"
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    {
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    }
  ],
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