For
Airson
The compound preposition airson (for, for the sake of, on behalf of) can be used in different ways and can change meaning in context. Here are some common usages:
1. With time expressions meaning 'for':
2. With the genitive (possessive) case of nouns meaning 'for, on account of':
3. Often used in the construction 'too something to be/do something':
4. With the verb bi : tha , bha , bidh . Tha mi airson … (I am for …) doing something:
We saw in Cuspair 7 that to use airson with a pronoun we add the possessive adjectives: mo, do, a, a (h–), ar, ur, an/am between the two parts of the compound preposition: air mo shon (for me, for my sake), air a son (for her/its sake) and so on.
airson + mo | air mo shon |
airson + do | air do shon |
airson + a | air a shon |
airson + a | air a son |
airson + ar | air ar son |
airson + ur | air ur son |
airson + an | air an son |
As with other compound prepositions, when a noun follows airson directly it should be in the genitive (possessive) case: