Polarity: Whether the word has an affirmative or negative sense
Currently this feature is used for the affirmative form gur, the interrogative form an and the negative form chan of the copula is, and for negative verbal particles cha(n) and nach. It will be expanded.
Aff: affirmative
Examples
- dùil a’m gur iad a bha ‘ga dhèanamh “I expect it was them that did it”
- an e? “is it?” (c07_026)
Neg: negative
Examples
- chan fhaic thu e ge-tà “You won’t see it though” (c06_025a, particle use)
- Chan fhiach e. “It’s not worth it” (f02_035c, copular use)
Polarity in other languages: [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [el] [es] [et] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gd] [gub] [hy] [jaa] [ky] [pcm] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urj]