GenitivePrepositions

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 * 1) General facts about genitive-governing prepositions
 * 2) //chun//
 * 3) //fad//
 * 4) //far//
 * 5) //rè//
 * 6) //tarsainn//
 * 7) //thar//
 * 8) //timcheall//

This page is about the genitive-governing prepositions //chun//, // fad //, //far// , //rè// , //tarsainn// , //thar// and //timcheall//. Some of their properties are already described on the page about prepositions.

=1. General facts about genitive-governing prepositions=

a. The complement of all these prepositions must be must be in the genitive case, rather than the dative or nominative.

For example:
 * //chun làimhe// (to a hand), rather than * //chun làimh// (dative) or * //chun làmh// (nominative).
 * //timcheall an fhir// (around the man), rather than * //timcheall an fhear// (dative) or * //timcheall am fear// (nominative).

b. The genitive-governing prepositions do not lenite the following noun or adjective [or numeral?].

For example:
 * //far bùird// (off a table), rather than * //far bhùird//.
 * //tarsainn seann bhùird// (across an old table), rather than * //tarsainn sheann bhùird//.
 * //chun taighe// (to a house), rather than * //chun thaighe//.

c. Unlike the default dative-governing prepositions, all of the genitive-governing prepositions can be immediately followed by a form of the definite article. Hence they need no special definite variant preposition.

For example:
 * //far a' bhùird// (off the table).
 * //chun na caileige// (to the girl).
 * //thar nan eaglaisean// (over the churches).

d. Again in contrast to the dative-governing prepositions, the genitive-governing prepositions can take one of the ‍personal pronouns ‍ (i.e. //mi//, //thu// , //e// , //i// , //sinn// , //sibh// , //iad// ) as their complement, and hence they have no conjugated prepositions.

For example:
 * //chun mi// (to me).
 * //timcheall iad// (around them).

e. Also, genitive-governing prepositions have no possessive prepositions with an incorporated possessive article. In other words, there is no shorter alternative to phrases like //chun mo chaileige// (to my girl) or //far ar bùird// (off our table).

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=2. //chun//=

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Etymology: formed from an original preposition+noun+gen idiom: //do chum//.

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=3. //fad//=

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Bha Anna ri ceòl fad a bheatha. (Anna was at music all her life).

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=4. //far//=

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Examples:
 * Thug mi ceum far an rathaid. (I stepped off the road - CM).
 * Thog i an ceann far na basgaid. (She lifted/took the lid off the basket - CM).
 * Chrath e an sneachda far a chòta. (He shook the snow off his coat - CM).
 * Bha a chasan-deiridh far na talmhainn. (His hind legs were off the ground - CM).

Use as a noun-prefix:
 * far-ainm (m) - nickname
 * far-stuth (m) - by-product

An alternative form is //bhàrr//:
 * bhàrr na sgeilpe (off the shelf)
 * Thug e an tuagh mhór bhàrr a ghuailne. (He took the great axe down from his shoulder - CM)
 * // Chaidh an càr aige bhàrr an rathaid. // (His car went off the road.)

Etymology: formed from an original preposition+noun+gen idiom: //de bhàrr//. (i.e. from on the surface of ...)

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=5. //rè//=

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lenites (?)


 * rè na h-oidhche (during the night - CM)
 * rè an ochdamh linn deug (during the eighteenth century - CM)
 * rè thrì bliadhna (for the duration of three years - CM)
 * rè shia mhìosan (for six months)
 * Cha do ghabh e àite rè bhliadhnachan an dara Cogaidh Mhòir (It didn't take place during the years of the Second World War - CM)
 * but: Cha do ghabh e àite rè bliadhnachan a' chogaidh (It didn't take place during the years of the war - CM)
 * rè mìosan an t-samhraidh (during the summer months - CM)
 * rè a' chola-deug air an eilean (during the fortnight on the island - CM)
 * rè grunn bhliadhnachan (during a number of years - CM)

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=6. //tarsainn//= //Thug iad a' phoit tarsainn an locha.// (They took the pot across the lake).

but nowadays + air

Colin Mark:
 * Thug mi sùil luath tarsainn orra. (I gave them a quick look)
 * gun drochaid tarsainn orra (without a bridge over them)
 * Chuir e aon chas tarsainn air an tè eile. (He crossed one leg over the other)
 * Bha maide tarsainn air an doras. (There was a stick across the door)
 * Tharraing e a làmh tarsainn air a sgòrnan. (He drew his hand across his throat)
 * Chaidh a' chuideachd tarsainn air an abhainn. (The company crossed the river)

Variant spelling: tarsaing.

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=7. //thar//=

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=8. //timcheall//=

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