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From TYI, Rules for Eclipsis (in relevant part):
“The initial consonant of a noun is eclipsed in the dative singular following a preposition with the article.” One of the examples they give is:
leis an mbata “with the stick”
Should I infer from this that the same applies to prepositional pronouns with the article? Or is it just the multi-functional “leis” being used instead of “le”?
GRMA
From TYI, Rules for Eclipsis (in relevant part):
“The initial consonant of a noun is eclipsed in the dative singular following a preposition with the article.” One of the examples they give is:
leis an mbata “with the stick”
Should I infer from this that the same applies to prepositional pronouns with the article? Or is it just the multi-functional “leis” being used instead of “le”?
GRMA
No, if there’s “leis” meaning “with him” and coincidentally a following article, there is no eclipsis:
Dúirt mé leis an focal ceart a scríobh = I told him to write the correct word.
Only if “leis an” means “with the” there’s eclipsis:
Dúirt mé leis an bhfear an focal ceart a scriobh = I told the man to write the correct word.
Ó thaobh na staire dó, bhí s- i dtús an ailt, abair 1500 bliain ó shoin. I Sean-Ghaeilg, deirtí “lasin…” le “with the” a rá (le + alt in aon fhocal amháin). Agus i Nua-Ghaeilg, “leis an…”, inar scaradh an t-alt agus an réamhfhocal.
Ar an dóigh chéarna, cuirtear “s” isteach nuair a úsáidtear an réamhfhocal “i” roimh an alt : i+an = ins an (a giorraíodh mar “sa(n)” go minic). Ach aríst, is cuid don alt an “s” sin, ní cuid don réamhfhocal é.Sea, “leis an” i gcónaí, agus “leis na” i gcónaí” (ach amannaí deirtear “le na” i nGaoth Dobhair).
I gcupla áit i dTír Chonaill, deireann siad “les na”.
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