Scottish Gaelic word

am

Form of an used before the consonants b-

particle

am means “Form of an used before the consonants b-” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a particle.

Mutation forms

Am bheil thu a' coinneachadh ri duine an-seo?

Are you meeting someone here?

Am toigh leat a bhith a' leughadh Tatoeba?

Do you like to read Tatoeba?

A bheil am bainne bhon fhiadh sin uabhasach math?

Is the milk from this deer really good?

Tha am bòrd anns an t-seòmar sin glè shnog.

The table in that room is very nice.

Bha am bàta fo sheòl.

The boat was under sail.

verbal particle before a verbal noun, forming the continuous (tha mi ag ithe = I am eating)

contraction of is

Form of bu used before vowels and fh-

past/conditional of is

cha

negative verb particle: not

him

nam

Form of nan used before the consonants b-

nan

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