agamsa

Irish

Alternative forms

• agam-sa (superseded)
• ’amsa

Etymology

• agam +‎ -sa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡəmˠsˠə/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈɡɑmsə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡəmˠsˠə/, /ˈɑmˠsˠə/ (corresponding to the form ’amsa)
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈamˠsˠə/ (corresponding to the form ’amsa)

Pronoun

agamsa

1. first-person singular emphatic of ag: at me

References

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 88

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish [Term?]. Cognates include Irish agamsa and Manx ayms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈakəms̪ə/, /ˈams̪ə/ (as if spelled a'msa)
• (Lewis, Sutherland, Perthshire) IPA^(key): /ˈakəməs̪/ (as if spelled agamas), /ˈaməs̪/ (as if spelled a'mas)
• Hyphenation: a‧gam‧sa

Pronoun

agamsa

1. first-person singular emphatic of aig

   Sin am bàta agamsa. ― That is my boat. (literally, “That is the boat at me.”)

Inflection

Personal inflection of aig
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	agam	agamsa
	2nd	agad	agadsa
	3rd m	aige	aigesan
	3rd f	aice	aicese
Plural	1st	againn	againne
	2nd	agaibh	agaibhse
	3rd	aca	acasan