leibh
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish lib. Cognates include Irish libh and Manx lhiu.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /leiv/, /ləv/
- (Lewis) IPA(key): /lɤiv/, (unstressed) /ləv/[1]
- (Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /liːv/[2][3] (corresponding to the form lìbh)
- (Skye) IPA(key): /lɯib/
- (Sutherland) IPA(key): /li/
- (Argyll) IPA(key): /leːv/
- Hyphenation: leibh
Pronoun
editleibh (emphatic leibhse)
- second-person plural of le: with you; by you (plural and formal singular)
Inflection
edit| Personal inflection of le | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
See also
editReferences
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
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap