lenar

See also:lenár

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/ˈlʲɛnˠəɾˠ/

Particle

lenar (form used before non-past tenseslena)(used before a past tense; triggerslenition of a following consonant except in the autonomous form)

with which/whom
an buachailllenar bhuail mé ―the boy with whom I met

Usage notes

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Especially in the spoken language, it is more common to use the indirect relative particlear with aresumptive prepositional pronoun:

an buachaillar bhuail méleis ―the boy with whom I met

Particle

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lenar (form used before a vowel in the present/futurelenarb,form used before a vowel in the past/conditionallenarbh)(used before a consonant sound; triggerslenition in the past/conditional)

with which/whom is
an fearlenar féidir labhairt le hainmhithe ―the man who can talk to animals
with which/whom was/would be
an bheanlenar dhóigh gurbh fhíor é ―the woman who believed it was true

Usage notes

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Here again, it is more common, especially in the spoken language, to use the indirect relative particlear with aresumptive prepositional pronoun:

an fearar féidirleis a labhairt le hainmhithe ―the man who can talk to animals

an bheanar dhóighléi gurbh fhíor é ―the woman who believed it was true

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Irish copular forms
simple copular forms
		affirmative	negative	interrogative	negative interrogative
present/future
main clause		is	ní	an	nach
relative clause	direct	is	nach	–
relative clause	indirect	ar,arb^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur,gurb^v		an	nach
past/conditional
main clause		ba,b’^v	níor,níorbh^v	ar,arbh^v	nár,nárbh^v
relative clause	direct	ba,ab^v	nár,nárbh^v	–
relative clause	indirect	ar,arbh^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur,gurbh^v		ar,arbh^v	nár,nárbh^v
present subjunctive
–		gura,gurab^v	nára,nárab^v	–

compound copular forms
base word		present/future		past/conditional
cá		cár,cárb^v		cár,cárbh^v
cé		cér,cérb^v		cér,cérbh^v
dá		–		dá mba,dá mb’^v
de/do		dar,darb^v		dar,darbh^v
faoi		faoinar,faoinarb^v		faoinar,faoinarbh^v
i		inar,inarb^v		inar,inarbh^v
le		lenar,lenarb^v		lenar,lenarbh^v
má		más		mába,máb’^v
mura		mura,murab^v		murar,murarbh^v
ó(preposition)		ónar,ónarb^v		ónar,ónarbh^v
ó(conjunction)		ós		óba,ób’^v
trí		trínar,trínarb^v		trínar,trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
Basic form	an(“the sg”)	na(“the pl”)	mo(“my”)	do(“your”)	a(“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár(“our”)	ar(“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de(“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded,det	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do(“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod,dot	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi(“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i(“in”)	sa,san	sna	i mo im*	i do id,it	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le(“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led,let	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó(“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód,ót	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí(“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.

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