Bho (preposition)

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Gaelic preposition, meaning roughly "from". It can also mean "since". It governs the dative case, and triggers lenition on the following noun.


Simple forms

bare form: bhoL 'from/from a' definite form: bhon 'from the'

Basic inflected forms

Like most prepositions, bho can be inflected for person, number, and gender. For example, to say "from me", we use the single word bhuam.

singularplural
1stbhuambhuainn
2ndbhuatbhuaibh
3rdMascbhuaithebhuapa
Fembhuaipe


Emphatic Inflected forms

Special emphatic forms are used if we want to emphasize the pronoun in the inflected preposition. (e.g. bhuamsa "from **me**")

singularplural
1stbhuamsabhuainne
2ndbhuatsabhuaibhse
3rdMascbhuaithe-sanbhuapasan
Fembhuaipse


Possessive inflected forms:

There are two kinds of forms used when we want to use a preposition with a possessive pronoun. The first form is found primarily in writing, the reduced form is used in speech.


Full forms (Traditionally used in writing)

singularplural
1stbho moLbho arN
2ndbho doLbho bhurN
3rdMascbho aLbho anN
Fembho aH

am is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the labial consonants <b>, <p>, <m>, and <f>

Contracted forms (typically used in speech)

singularplural
1stbhomLbho arN
2ndbhodLbho 'urN
3rdMasc bho aLbho anN
Fembho aH

am is used instead of an "their" in front of words beginning with the labial consonants <b>, <p>, <m>, and <f>

References

Mark, Colin (2004) The Gaelic-English Dictionary/Am Faclair Gàidhlig-Beurla. London: Routledge


Notes

In this document, as elsewhere, L indicates lenition and N indicates eclipsis, (prefixation of an n- before a word beginning with vowels, and a nasalization of the next consonant (not indicated in the orthography) and H indicates Antilenition (the prefixation of <h> before words beginning with vowels).