dithis

See also: d'ithis

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: dà     Standalone: a dhà     Ordinal: dàrna, dara     Ordinal abbreviation: 2na, 2ra     Personal: dithis     Multiplier: dà-fhillte, dùbailte     Fractional: leth

Alternative forms

• (Argyll, Cape Breton) dithist

Etymology

From Old Irish dïas (compare Manx jees).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲi.ɪʃ/

Noun

dithis f (plural dithisean)

1. two, couple, pair

   Synonym: càraid

2. (music, pìobaireachd) a movement in a pìobaireachd composition, a variation on the ùrlar in which accented theme notes are alternated with a cut lower note

Usage notes

• Only used about persons (cf numerical noun). Occasionally dithis is used to refer to objects by some speakers but this is not considered grammatically correct.
• Following noun is in the genitive:

  dithis bhalach ― two boys

• Alternatively, de and the dative are used:

  dithis de bhalaich ― two boys

• Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig

  an dithis dhaibh / aca ― the two of them

• Also used on its own:

  Bha dithis ann. ― There were two.

Related terms

• dà

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
dithis	dhithis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dithis”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN