leotha

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old Irish leu, lethu.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.ə/, /ˈlɔ.ɔ/[1]
  • (Uist) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ̯ɔ.ə/, [ˈlɛ̯ɔˑ.ə][2], (unstressed) /lɛ̯ɔ/[3]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈleɔˑ.ʌ][4]
  • (Skye, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ̯ɔ.ɔ/[5]
  • (Colonsay) IPA(key): [ˈlɛoxa][6], (unstressed) [ˈloxa] (corresponding to the form leocha)

Pronoun

leotha (emphatic leothasan)

  1. third-person plural feminine of le: with them; by them
Inflection
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

Etymology 2

From Old Irish letha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʎo.ə/

Adjective

leotha

  1. comparative degree of leathann

References

  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. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  6. ^ Scouller, Alastair (2017) The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay (PhD thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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