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le /le ~ lɔ͂ũm lahd leʃ le.ə leiNʲ leiv lɔ.ə/ Listen
roi. (leis; leam, leat, leis, leatha, leinn, leibh, leotha)
1 with 2 by (means of), using 3 in possession of 4 in favour of 5 downhill, downstream 6 (as leis) lee(ward) 7 (as leis) larboard, port(side)

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In the table below, the regions of dialectal/colloquial forms are marked but this is indicative i.e. they may not occur elsewhere too. For example, a form marked Lewis may also occur on Skye but may not have been recorded in the literature to date.

  IPA Meaning Colloquial/dialectal variants
leam /lɔ͂ũm/ ~ /ləm/ with me leam /lɛm/ (Ag/K), lium /luːm ~ lum/ (B/S/U/Su)
 leam-sa /lɔ͂ũmsə/ with ME leama-sa /lɛməsə/ (K)
leat /lahd/ with you leat /lɛhd/ (♻️)
 leat-sa /lahdsə/ with YOU  
leis /leʃ/ with him  
 leis-san /leʃsən/ with HIM leis-san /leʃən/ (K)
leatha /lɛ.ə/ with her leithe /leːçə/ (Ag/K), leithe /lɛ.ɛ/ (S), leitheo /lɛ.ɔ/ (B)
 leatha-se /lɛ.əʃə/ with HER le-se /leʃə/ (K) 
leinn /leiNʲ/ with us leinn /lɤiNʲ/ (L), leinn /leNʲː/ (Ag)
 leinne /leNʲə/ with US  
leibh /leiv/ ~ /ləv/ with youse leibh /leːv/ (Ag/K), lìbh /liːv/ (U), leibh /lɤiv/ (L), leib /lɯib/ (S), libh /li/ (Su)
 leibh-se /leivʃə/ with YOUSE  
leotha /lɔ.ə ~ lɔ/ with them leòtha /lɔːxə/ (Ag/K), leòtha /lɛɔ.ɔ/ (B/S)
 leotha-san /lɔ.əsən/ with THEM  

᚛ Ag Argyll · B Barra · H Harris · IJ Islay/Jura · K Kintyre · L Lewis · M Mull · P Perthshire · R Ross · S Skye · SI Small Isles · Su Sutherland · TC Tiree/Coll · U Uist/Benbecula · ♻️ universally common 



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Tuigidh mi am facal seo ach cha chleachd mi e / I know this word but don't use it 0 %
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