Caibidil a Cúig / Caibidil a Seacht

Prepositional Pronouns (Forainmneacha Réamhfhoclacha)


These are compounds of preposition and personal pronouns.
They are formed from many different prepositions. (conjugated prepositions = réamhfhocail réimnithe).

summary of all prepositional pronouns

- ag
at/by
ar
on
as
out of
chuig
to
de
of
do
to/for
faoi
under
fara
next to
i
in
I agam orm asam chugam díom dom fúm faram ionam
you agat ort asat chugat díot duit fút farat ionat
he aige air as chuige de faoi fairis ann
she aici uirthi aisti chuici di fúithi farae inti
we againn orainn asainn chugainn dínn dúinn fúinn farainn ionainn
you(pl.) agaibh oraibh asaibh chugaibh díbh daoibh fúibh faraibh ionaibh
they acu orthu astu chucu díobh dóibh fúthu faru iontu

 
- idir
between
ionsar
toward
le
with
ó
from
roimh
before
seach
past
thar
past
trí
through
um
around
I (eadram) ionsorm liom uaim romham seacham tharam tríom umam
you (eadrat) ionsort leat uait romhat seachat tharat tríot umat
he idir é ionsair leis uaidh roimhe seacha thairis tríd uime
she (eidirthi) ionsuirthi léi uaithi roimpi seichi thairti tríthi uimpi
we eadrainn ionsorainn linn uainn romhainn seachainn tharainn trínn umainn
you(pl.) eadraibh ionsoraibh libh uaibh romhaibh seachaibh tharaibh tríbh umaibh
they eatarthu ionsorthu leo uathu rompu seachu thartu tríothu umpu

The forms eadram, eadrat, eidirthi are today obsolete and have been replaced by idir mé, idir thú, idir í.

The preposition seach is rather archaic, it was included to be thorough (and symmetrical :-) .
(in older literature one could find further pronouns, like uas (os = over): uasam, uasat, etc.

As one may note, there are certain rules governing the formation, so all of the 1st person singular ends in -m, all of the 2nd person singular in -t, all of the 1st person plural in -inn, the 2nd person plural in -ibh. In the 3rd person singular and plural there are various forms, while here once also different accusative and dative forms occurred.
The spelling of the 3rd person plural with -a instead of -u was once common (aca, ortha, etc.)


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