leinn
See also: léinn
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish leinn. Cognates include Irish linn and Manx lhien.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editleinn
- first-person plural of le: with us; by us
Inflection
editPersonal inflection of le | |||||||||
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Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
Singular | 1st | leam | leamsa | ||||||
2nd | leat | leatsa | |||||||
3rd m | leis | leis-san | |||||||
3rd f | leatha | leathase | |||||||
Plural | 1st | leinn | leinne | ||||||
2nd | leibh | leibhse | |||||||
3rd | leotha | leothasan |
References
edit- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
edit- Colin Mark (2003) The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 382