liom

Irish

Etymology

From le (“with”) +‎ mé (“me”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (stressed) /lʲʊmˠ/, (unstressed) /lʲəmˠ/, (stressed, Aran also) /lʲɔmˠ/, /lʲɞmˠ/
(Munster) IPA^(key): /lʲʊmˠ/, [lʲɯmˠ][1]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /lʲɨ̞mˠ/, /lʲʌmˠ/[2]

Pronoun

liom (emphatic liomsa)

first-person singular of le: with mé, to me

References

Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 43
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 41

Further reading

Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 308

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

lidom

Noun

liom f

(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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