FromMiddle Irishíat(“they, them”), fromOld Irishé, ía(“they”) (plural ofé(“he”)) with the addition of the 3rd person plural verb ending.
Cognate withWelshhwy ~hwynt,Bretoni ~int, with the same addition of the verb ending.
iad (emphatic formiadsan,disjunctive)
| person | conjunctive (emphatic) | disjunctive (emphatic) | possessive determiner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first | mé (mise) | moL m'before vowel sounds | ||
| second | tú (tusa)1 | thú (thusa) | doL d'before vowel sounds | ||
| third | m | sé (seisean) | é (eisean) | aL | |
| f | sí (sise) | í (ise) | aH | ||
| n | — | ea | — | ||
| plural | first | muid,sinn (muidne,muide), (sinne) | árE | ||
| second | sibh (sibhse)1 | bhurE | |||
| third | siad (siadsan) | iad (iadsan) | aE | ||
| radical | eclipsis | withh-prothesis | witht-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| iad | n-iad | hiad | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Borrowed fromOld Church Slavonicадъ(adŭ), fromAncient Greekᾍδης(Hāídēs). CompareBulgarianад(ad).
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | iad | iadul | iaduri | iadurile | |
| genitive-dative | iad | iadului | iaduri | iadurilor | |
| vocative | iadule | iadurilor | |||
FromMiddle Irishíat. Cognates includeIrishiad andManxad.
iad (emphaticiadsan)
| simple | emphatic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| first person | mi | sinn | mise | sinne | |
| second person | thu,tu1 | sibh2 | thusa,tusa1 | sibhse2 | |
| third person | m | e | iad | esan | iadsan |
| f | i | ise | |||
1 Used when following a verb ending in-n,-s or-dh.
2sibh andsibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns.
To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives ofgam are used.
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| iad | unchanged | unchanged | hiad |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.