Talk:ubh
Latest comment: 9 years ago by Angr in topic RFV discussion: July 2014–January 2015
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Scottish Gaelic entry. I've just downgraded this from a full entry to an "alternative spelling of ugh" (which is the usual spelling), but I'm hoping someone who actually knows Scottish Gaelic will be able to confirm or deny that this spelling is ever actually encountered. I thought it was an Irish-only neologism, but I could be wrong. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 21:03, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
- It seems to be the other way round: it's recorded by Dwelly (search here but Colin Mark's dictionary (2004) says "ubh an older spelling of ugh - not recomended" [1]. --Droigheann (talk) 23:11, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
- Since Scottish Gaelic is an LDL, the mention by Dwelly is sufficient, and I'll take off the RFV tag and strike this thread. But since the Old Irish word is og, it's clear that gh is older than bh in this word, so I can only assume that what Mark means is that ubh used to be encountered in addition to ugh, but isn't anymore. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 23:16, 15 January 2015 (UTC)