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 ᚜