bhur

Your Plural and Eclipsis

Level 1

Bhur means your for more than one addressee and causes eclipsis: bhur gcarr. It is distinct from singular do.

How It Works

Bhur means your for more than one addressee and causes eclipsis: bhur gcarr. It is distinct from singular do.

Bhur refers to something belonging to more than one addressee. The beginning of the next noun normally undergoes eclipsis. Use singular do when speaking to one person in ordinary modern usage; bhur does not itself make the possessed noun plural.

Examples (3)

  1. Seo bhur gcarr.

    This is your car. (More than one addressee.)

  2. Tá bhur dteach mór.

    Your house is large. (More than one addressee.)

  3. Tá bhur máthair anseo.

    Your mother is here. (More than one addressee.)

How It Connects

Tap a pattern to see what it builds on and what it leads to.

bhurLevel 1Your Plural and Eclipsis

Learn This First

Compare plural-addressee possession with the same eclipsis mechanism in ár.

Words in This Pattern

bhur