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lem

[lʲɛmˠ]

contraction

LanguageIrish

Meaning
  1. contraction of le + mo, literally “with my”
  2. with my
  3. This is a contraction of the Irish words 'le' (with) and 'mo' (my). It is used to indicate something belonging to or associated with the speaker.
Examples

Chuir sé cúl orm lem chuid oibre.

It left me late with my work.

Pronunciationlʲɛmˠ

Part of speechcontraction

Usage noteCommonly used in everyday speech to link the preposition 'le' to the possessive adjective 'mo'.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.