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leinn

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See also: léinn

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish leinn. Cognates include Irish linn and Manx lhien.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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leinn

  1. first-person plural of le: with us; by us

Inflection

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Personal inflection of le
Person: simple emphatic
singular first leam leamsa
second leat leatsa
third m leis leis-san
f leatha leathase
plural first leinn leinne
second leibh leibhse
third leotha leothasan

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Colin Mark (2003) The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 382