The Possession Construction
Irish has no verb for “to have.” Possession is expressed as Tá [thing] ag [person] — literally “the thing is at the person.” Every concrete noun fits this pattern.
2 entries.
| Irish | Ogham | How to say it | English | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| leabhar | ᚛ᚂᚓᚐᚁᚆᚐᚏ᚜ | LYOW-ur | book | eDILGrimoire XI.2 | Masculine. A book. Plural leabhair. Borrowed from Latin liber when the monks brought writing. |
| scoil | ᚛ᚄᚉᚑᚔᚂ᚜ | SKULL | school | Grimoire XI.2 | Feminine. A school. Cognate with Latin schola. |