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Where does “dhaibhsan” come from?

dhaibhsan (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish doibsom, from Old Irish -som — emphatic suffix of the following persons; used...

dhaibhsan (Scottish Gaelic): to them; for them

Definitions

  1. to them; for them

Ancestry of “dhaibhsan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdoibsom—
2Old Irish-somemphatic suffix of the following persons; used...
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