This page contains pronouns that are cognate in all or some of the six modern Celtic languages.
Click on the English versions that are links and you will be taken to the Celtiadur, where you can see what each word means, and how some of them are pronounced. There are also details of related words and expressions, and words in older versions of the Celtic languages, such as Middle Welsh and Old Irish. More Celtic Cognates
| Gaeilge (Irish) |
Gàidhlig (Gaelic) |
Gaelg (Manx) |
Cymraeg (Welsh) |
Kernewek (Cornish) |
Brezhoneg (Breton) |
English |
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| mé | mi | mee | (f)i | me | me | I, me |
| tú | thu | oo | ti | ty | te | you (sg) |
| sé | è | eh | (f)o/(f)e | ev | eñ | he |
| sí | i | ee | hi | hy | hi | she |
| muid, sinn | sinn | shin | ni | ni | ni | we |
| sibh | sibh | shiu | chi | hwi | c'hwi | you (pl) |
| siad | iad | ad | nhw | i | int | they |
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| Gaeilge (Irish) |
Gàidhlig (Gaelic) |
Gaelg (Manx) |
Cymraeg (Welsh) |
Kernewek (Cornish) |
Brezhoneg (Breton) |
English |
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| mise | mise | mish | (f)innau | evy | me ivez | me |
| tusa | thusa tusa |
uss | tithau | ty | te ivez | you (sg) |
| eisean seisean |
esan | eshyn | yntau | ev | eñ ivez | him |
| ise sise |
ise | ish | hithau | hy | hi ivez | her |
| sinne muidne |
sinne | shinyn | ninnau | nyni | ni ivez | us |
| sibhse | sibhse | shiuish | ch(w)ithau | hwi | c'hwi ivez | you (pl) |
| iadsan siadsan |
iadsan | adsyn | nhwthau hwythau |
aga | int ivez | them |
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| Gaeilge (Irish) |
Gàidhlig (Gaelic) |
Gaelg (Manx) |
Cymraeg (Welsh) |
Kernewek (Cornish) |
Brezhoneg (Breton) |
English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mé fhéin | mi fhìn mi fhèin |
mee-hene | fy hun(an) | ow honan | ma-unan | myself |
| tú fhéin | thu fhèin | oo-hene | dy hun(an) | dha honan | da-unan | yourself |
| é fhéin | e fhèin | eh-hene | ei hun(an) | y honan | o hini | himself |
| í fhéin | i fhèin | ee-hene | ei hun(an) | hy honan | o heni | herself |
| sinne muidne |
sinn fhèin | shin-hene | ein hun(ain) | ni honan | ni hon | ourselves |
| sibh fhéin | sibh fhèin | shiu-hene | chi hun(ain) | agas honan | hoc'h-unan | yourselves |
| siad fhéin | iad fhèin | ad-hene | eu hun(ain) | aga honan | int-i | themselves |
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| Gaeilge (Irish) |
Gàidhlig (Gaelic) |
Gaelg (Manx) |
Cymraeg (Welsh) |
Kernewek (Cornish) |
Brezhoneg (Breton) |
English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mo | mo | my | fy ... i | my/ma/ow | ma | my |
| do | do | dty | dy ... di | dha | ta/tes | your (sg) |
| a | a | e | ei ... (f)o/(f)e | y | e | his |
| a | a | e | ei ... hi | hy | he | her |
| ár | àr | nyn | ein ... ni | agan | hon/hol/hor | our |
| bhur | ùr | nyn | eich ... chi | agas | ho/hoc'h | your (pl) |
| a | an am |
nyn | eu ... nhw | aga | o | their |
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| Gaeilge (Irish) |
Gàidhlig (Gaelic) |
Gaelg (Manx) |
Cymraeg (Welsh) |
Kernewek (Cornish) |
Brezhoneg (Breton) |
English |
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| aon duine duine ar bith |
duine sam bith aon air bith |
fer erbee peiagh ennagh |
unrhyw rhywun nebryw neb(un) nebawd (un)dyn |
nebonan nebonen |
neb | anyone anybody |
| duine (éigin) | cuid-eigin(each) duine-eigin(each) |
peiagh ennagh | rhywun neb(un) |
nebonan nebonen |
unanig unan bennak |
someone somebody |
| cách, gach duine, gach uine dhuine, gach aon duine |
càch na h-uile |
cagh, oilley, dagh oilley pheiagh |
pawb pob pobun |
pub huni nagonan nagonen den vyth |
pep pep hini pep unan neb |
everyone everybody |
| aon duin | duine | peiagh erbee | neb(un) | peub pub hini pubonan |
den (ebet) un den neb |
no-one nobody |
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The Celtiadur blog is a collection of Celtic cognates, with definitions, pronunciation, etymologies - includes the modern Celtic languages, older versions of these languages, such as Middle Welsh, Middle Breton and Old Irish, and their extinct and reconstructed relatives and ancestors, including Gaulish, Proto-Brythonic and Proto-Celtic.
On the Celtic Pathways podcast I discuss connections between the Celtic languages, and look for words with Celtic roots in non-Celtic languages, such as English, French, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese.
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Information about pronouns in Celtic languages
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Irish_pronouns
https://gaelicgrammar.org/~gaelic/mediawiki/index.php/Personal_Pronouns
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_grammar#Pronouns
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Welsh/Grammar/Pronouns
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Welsh_pronouns
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_grammar#Pronouns
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Breton_pronouns
Breton, Celtiberian, Cornish, Cumbric, Gaulish, Irish, Lepontic, Lusitanian, Manx, Neo-Brittonic, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh
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