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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish lium, conflated with friumm.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
liom (emphatic liomsa)
- first-person singular of le: with me, to me
References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 80, page 43
- ^ 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
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 103, page 41
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
liom f
- (dialectal, nonstandard) dative plural of li
2000, Astrid Krog Halse, Målet hennar mor, page 127:Ligg og kvile her i liom- lie and rest here in the mountainside.