Leugh...Sgrìobh Online literacy for fluent Gaelic speakers Read...Write
Introduction
 
Lessons
Spelling Rule
Accents
Apostrophe
Letter 'A'
Suffixes
Prepositions
Old Way - New Way
Punctuation
Multi-syllable Words
Days of the Week
Surnames
Place Names
Borrowed Words
 
Exercises
Find the Error
Fill the Gaps
Spell This
 
 
Gaelic Orthography

Module 1

 HYPHENATION

  HYPHENATION  
 

a- ( followed by hyphen)
GOC recommended that expressions constituting a unit should be hyphenated.
e.g.

  • a-mach
  • a-steach
  • a-muigh
  • a-nall
  • a-null
  • a-rithist
  • a-nis

Note other hyphenation rules in suffixes and multi-syllable words.