liom

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lium, conflated with friumm.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /lʲʊmˠ/, [lʲɯmˠ][1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): (stressed) /lʲʊmˠ/[2], /lʲɔmˠ/, /lʲɞmˠ/; (unstressed) /lʲəmˠ/[3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /lʲɨ̞mˠ/, /lʲʌmˠ/[4]

Pronoun

liom (emphatic liomsa)

  1. first-person singular of le: with me, to me

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 80, page 43
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 308, page 143
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 103, page 41

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • lidom

Noun

liom f

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard) dative plural of li
    • 2000, Astrid Krog Halse, Målet hennar mor, page 127:
      Ligg og kvile her i liom
      [I] lie and rest here in the mountainside.
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