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Pàirtearan Caithte

Past Participles

We first saw examples of pàirtearan caithte (past participles) aig A1.

These are formed from verbs and are used as adjectives.

In English they typically have an -ed ending, in Gaelic the ending is usually -te, with -ta used in a few examples.

Past participles are one of the exceptions to the caol ri caol is leathann ri leathann Gaelic spelling rule.

The -ta ending is used with dèanta, but more often than not the -te ending is used even when this breaks the spelling rule, for example: cleachdte, sgrìobhte.

ceadaichte

allowed, permitted

sàbhailte

saved, safe

dèanta

made, done

buailte

beaten, struck, hit

sgaoilte

spread out, scattered

sgrìobhte

written

loisgte

burnt

caithte

spent, past

leughte

read