liom

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lium, conflated with friumm.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /lʲʊmˠ/, [lʲɯmˠ][1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): (stressed) /lʲʊmˠ/, /lʲɔmˠ/, /lʲɞmˠ/, (unstressed) /lʲəmˠ/[2][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 (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 80, page 43
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume I, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
  3. de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 308
  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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