le.
with
Meaning & usage
with
le héadach
used in conjunction with the copula particle is and a noun to indicate possession
Is liomsa an hata.
Is le Cáit an peann luaidhe.
in the opinion of, in the consideration of
Is beag liom an cheist.
to (indicating purpose; in this sense triggering eclipsis of vowel-initial verbal nouns)
rud le n-ithe
oiriúnach le n-ól
to (after a verb of speaking)
by (indicating the creator of a work, e.g. a book)
in order to
le rud a dhéanamh
Where this word comes from
From a conflation of two Early Modern Irish prepositions: # re (“to”), from Classical Gaelic re, from Middle Irish ri, fri, from Old Irish fri, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)). # le (“with”), from Old Irish la, from Proto-Celtic *let-, from Proto-Celtic *letos (“side”) (compare leath, Welsh lled).
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