leotha
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.ə/, /ˈlɔ.ɔ/[1]
- (Uist) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ̯ɔ.ə/, [ˈlɛ̯ɔˑ.ə][2], (unstressed) /lɛ̯ɔ/[3]
- (Barra, Skye) IPA(key): [ˈleɔˑ.ʌ][4]
- (Colonsay) IPA(key): [ˈlɛoxa][5], (unstressed) [ˈloxa] (corresponding to the form leocha)
Pronoun
[edit]leotha (emphatic leothasan)
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 | |||||||
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]leotha
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
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ 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
- ^ Scouller, Alastair (2017) The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay (PhD thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh