Grimoire Vocabulary — Pronouns & Possessives
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| Irish | Ogham | How to say it | English | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a (her) | ᚛ᚐ ᚆᚓᚏ᚜ | uh | her | FoclóirTeanglann | Her. NO mutation: a cat (her cat) — same form, different effect than ‘his.’ |
| a (his) | ᚛ᚐ ᚆᚔᚄ᚜ | uh | his | FoclóirTeanglann | His. Triggers lenition: a chat (his cat). Same word as ‘her’ and ‘their’ — distinguished only by the mutation that follows. |
| a (their) | ᚛ᚐ ᚈᚆᚓᚔᚏ᚜ | uh | their | FoclóirTeanglann | Their. Triggers eclipsis: a gcat (their cat). |
| an | ᚛ᚐᚅ᚜ | un | the | FoclóirTeanglann | The (singular). Irish has no indefinite article — ‘a book’ is just leabhar. Triggers various mutations depending on noun gender. |
| bhur | ᚛ᚁᚆᚒᚏ᚜ | wur | your | FoclóirTeanglann | Your (plural). Triggers eclipsis: bhur gcat (your cat). Adds n- before vowels. |
| do | ᚛ᚇᚑ᚜ | duh | your | FoclóirTeanglann | Your. Triggers lenition: do chat (your cat). Becomes d’ before a vowel: d’athair. |
| féin | ᚛ᚃᚓᚔᚅ᚜ | fayn | own | FoclóirTeanglann | Self, own. Mé féin — myself; mo theach féin — my own house. |
| iad | ᚛ᚔᚐᚇ᚜ | EE-ud | them | FoclóirTeanglann | Them (object form). Siad is the subject form. |
| mise | ᚛ᚋᚔᚄᚓ᚜ | MISH-uh | i | Foclóir | I (emphatic). Mise féin — myself. |
| mo | ᚛ᚋᚑ᚜ | muh | my | Foclóir | My. Triggers lenition: mo chat (my cat). Becomes m’ before a vowel: m’athair (my father). |
| muid | ᚛ᚋᚒᚔᚇ᚜ | mwij | us | Foclóir | We, us. The most common modern form. |
| mé | ᚛ᚋᚓ᚜ | may | i | Foclóir | I, me. The first-person pronoun. Mise is the emphatic form. |
| na | ᚛ᚅᚐ᚜ | nuh | the | FoclóirTeanglann | The (plural). |
| siad | ᚛ᚄᚔᚐᚇ᚜ | SHEE-ud | they | FoclóirTeanglann | They. Siadsan is emphatic. |
| sibh | ᚛ᚄᚔᚁᚆ᚜ | shiv | you | FoclóirTeanglann | You (plural). Different word from singular tú; Irish keeps the distinction English lost. |
| sinn | ᚛ᚄᚔᚅᚅ᚜ | shin | us | Foclóir | We, us (older form). Modern Irish prefers muid (Connacht/Donegal) or túinn (Munster). |
| sé | ᚛ᚄᚓ᚜ | shay | he | Foclóir | He, it (masculine). Seisean is the emphatic form. |
| sí | ᚛ᚄᚔ᚜ | shee | itcreatureOld Irish | eDIL | She, it (feminine). Sise is the emphatic form. |
| tusa | ᚛ᚈᚒᚄᚐ᚜ | TUSS-uh | you | FoclóirTeanglann | You (singular emphatic). |
| tú | ᚛ᚈᚒ᚜ | too | you | FoclóirTeanglann | You (singular). Tusa is the emphatic form. |
| ár | ᚛ᚐᚏ᚜ | awr | our | FoclóirTeanglann | Our. Triggers eclipsis: ár gcat (our cat). Adds n- before vowels: ár n-athair. |