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Noun [English]

IPA: /liːm/ Audio: En-us-leam.oga Forms: leams [plural]
Rhymes: -iːm Etymology: From Middle English leme, from Old English lēoma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), Latin lumen (“light”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|leme}} Middle English leme, {{inh|en|ang|lēoma||ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning}} Old English lēoma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*leuhmô||light, shine}} Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leuk-||light, bright}} Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”), {{cog|is|ljómi||gleam, ray, beam, flash of light}} Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), {{cog|la|lumen||light}} Latin lumen (“light”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} leam (plural leams)
  1. (UK, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing. Tags: UK, dialectal Related terms: gleam
    Sense id: en-leam-en-noun-4H7ESB3j Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leem, leme
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /liːm/ Audio: En-us-leam.oga Forms: leams [plural]
Rhymes: -iːm Etymology: See leamer, lien. Head templates: {{en-noun}} leam (plural leams)
  1. A cord or strap for leading a dog.
    Sense id: en-leam-en-noun-VHAAd3NF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leem, leme
Etymology number: 3

Verb [English]

IPA: /liːm/ Audio: En-us-leam.oga Forms: leams [present, singular, third-person], leaming [participle, present], leamed [participle, past], leamed [past]
Rhymes: -iːm Etymology: From Middle English lemen, from Old English lȳman, from Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lemen}} Middle English lemen, {{inh|en|ang|lȳman}} Old English lȳman, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*liuhmijan}} Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, {{der|en|ine-pro|*lewk-||light, bright}} Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} leam (third-person singular simple present leams, present participle leaming, simple past and past participle leamed)
  1. (intransitive, UK, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive Derived forms: leamer
    Sense id: en-leam-en-verb-AazpYcrH Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 12 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leem, leme
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} leam
  1. (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) third-person plural present indicative of lear Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, third-person Form of: lear
    Sense id: en-leam-gl-verb-4pGOru9K
  2. (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) inflection of ler:
    third-person plural present subjunctive
    Tags: form-of, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person Form of: ler
    Sense id: en-leam-gl-verb-w~B~kaFk Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 4 2 15 29 45 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 1 12 31 50 3 Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 35 56 9
  3. (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) inflection of ler:
    third-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, third-person Form of: ler
    Sense id: en-leam-gl-verb-apfgnqVn

Noun [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|noun form}} leam
  1. accusative singular of lea Tags: accusative, form-of, singular Form of: lea
    Sense id: en-leam-la-noun-9FQC5OFj Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Pronoun [Scottish Gaelic]

IPA: /lɔ̃ũm/ [Lewis], /ləm/ [Lewis, unstressed], /li̯uːm/ (note: Uist, Barra, Skye), /li̯um/ [unstressed] (note: Uist, Barra, Skye), /liũːm/ (note: Wester Ross), /liũm/ [unstressed] (note: Wester Ross), /lɛm/ (note: Argyll) Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], leam [first-person, singular], leamsa [emphatic, first-person, singular], leat [second-person, singular], leatsa [emphatic, second-person, singular], leis [masculine, singular, third-person], leis-san [emphatic, masculine, singular, third-person]
Etymology: From Old Irish lem. Cognates include Irish liom and Manx lhiam. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|lem}} Old Irish lem, {{cog|ga|liom}} Irish liom, {{cog|gv|lhiam}} Manx lhiam Head templates: {{head|gd|prepositional pronoun}} leam
  1. first-person singular of le: with me; by me Tags: first-person, form-of, singular Form of: le (extra: with me; by me)

Noun [Yola]

IPA: /liːm/
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish léim. Etymology templates: {{bor+|yol|ga|léim}} Borrowed from Irish léim Head templates: {{head|yol|noun}} leam
  1. jump Derived forms: murreen-leam
    Sense id: en-leam-yol-noun-a9r1VOQg Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Yola entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "args": {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I like Glasgow. (literally, “Is pleasure with me Glasgow.”)",
          "text": "Is toil leam Glaschu.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "with me; by me",
          "word": "le"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first-person singular of le: with me; by me"
      ],
      "id": "en-leam-gd-pron-qAl3muDC",
      "links": [
        [
          "le",
          "le#Scottish_Gaelic"
        ],
        [
          "me",
          "me"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ̃ũm/",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ləm/",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis",
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯uːm/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯um/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liũːm/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liũm/",
      "note": "Wester Ross",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛm/",
      "note": "Argyll"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leam"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yol",
        "2": "ga",
        "3": "léim"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Irish léim",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Irish léim.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yol",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "leam",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yola",
  "lang_code": "yol",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yola entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "murreen-leam"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jump"
      ],
      "id": "en-leam-yol-noun-a9r1VOQg",
      "links": [
        [
          "jump",
          "jump"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leam"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/iːm",
    "Rhymes:English/iːm/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "leamer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "lemen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English lemen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "lȳman"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lȳman",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*liuhmijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lewk-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "light, bright"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English lemen, from Old English lȳman, from Proto-West Germanic *liuhmijan, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light, bright”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leams",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leaming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leamed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leamed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "leam (third-person singular simple present leams, present participle leaming, simple past and past participle leamed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gleam; shine; glow."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gleam",
          "gleam"
        ],
        [
          "shine",
          "shine"
        ],
        [
          "glow",
          "glow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, UK, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-leam.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/En-us-leam.oga/En-us-leam.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/En-us-leam.oga"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːm"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "leem"
    },
    {
      "word": "leme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leam"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/iːm",
    "Rhymes:English/iːm/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "leme"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English leme",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "lēoma",
        "4": "",
        "5": "ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lēoma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*leuhmô",
        "4": "",
        "5": "light, shine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leuk-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "light, bright"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ljómi",
        "3": "",
        "4": "gleam, ray, beam, flash of light"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "lumen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "light"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lumen (“light”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English leme, from Old English lēoma (“ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning”), from Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (“light, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Icelandic ljómi (“gleam, ray, beam, flash of light”), Latin lumen (“light”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "leam (plural leams)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gleam"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The Leams of the morning sun streamed through the half-closed shutters",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gleam",
          "gleam"
        ],
        [
          "flash",
          "flash"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "glow",
          "glow"
        ],
        [
          "glowing",
          "glowing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-leam.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/En-us-leam.oga/En-us-leam.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/En-us-leam.oga"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːm"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "leem"
    },
    {
      "word": "leme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leam"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/iːm",
    "Rhymes:English/iːm/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "See leamer, lien.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "leam (plural leams)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1808, Joseph Strutt, [Walter Scott], “Section [IX]. Chapter II.”, in [Walter Scott], editor, Queenhoo-Hall, a Romance: And Ancient Times, a Drama. […], volume IV, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for John Murray, […]; and Archibald Constable & Co. […], →OCLC, pages 48–49:",
          "text": "The horsemen spreading themselves along the side of the cover, waited untill the keeper entered, leading his ban-dog; a large blood-hound tied in a leam or band, from which he takes his name.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cord or strap for leading a dog."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cord",
          "cord#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "strap",
          "strap#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "leading",
          "lead#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "dog",
          "dog#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-leam.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/En-us-leam.oga/En-us-leam.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/En-us-leam.oga"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːm"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "leem"
    },
    {
      "word": "leme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leam"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
    "Galician non-lemma forms",
    "Galician verb forms",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "leam",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "lear"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person plural present indicative of lear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lear",
          "lear#Galician"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "reintegrationist norm; less recommended; reintegrationist norm; less recommended",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reintegrationist norm, less recommended) third-person plural present indicative of lear"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "ler"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of ler:",
        "third-person plural present subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ler",
          "ler#Galician"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "reintegrationist norm; less recommended",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reintegrationist norm, less recommended) inflection of ler:",
        "third-person plural present subjunctive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "ler"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of ler:",
        "third-person plural imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ler",
          "ler#Galician"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "reintegrationist norm; less recommended",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reintegrationist norm, less recommended) inflection of ler:",
        "third-person plural imperative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "leam"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "leam",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin noun forms",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "lea"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "accusative singular of lea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lea",
          "lea#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "leam"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "lem"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish lem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "liom"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish liom",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "lhiam"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx lhiam",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish lem. Cognates include Irish liom and Manx lhiam.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leamsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leatsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis-san",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "prepositional pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "leam",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "leam"
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scottish Gaelic non-lemma forms",
        "Scottish Gaelic prepositional pronouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I like Glasgow. (literally, “Is pleasure with me Glasgow.”)",
          "text": "Is toil leam Glaschu.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "with me; by me",
          "word": "le"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first-person singular of le: with me; by me"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "le",
          "le#Scottish_Gaelic"
        ],
        [
          "me",
          "me"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔ̃ũm/",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ləm/",
      "tags": [
        "Lewis",
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯uːm/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯um/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liũːm/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liũm/",
      "note": "Wester Ross",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɛm/",
      "note": "Argyll"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leam"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "murreen-leam"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yol",
        "2": "ga",
        "3": "léim"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Irish léim",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Irish léim.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yol",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "leam",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yola",
  "lang_code": "yol",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yola entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yola lemmas",
        "Yola nouns",
        "Yola terms borrowed from Irish",
        "Yola terms derived from Irish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jump"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jump",
          "jump"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leam"
}

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{
  "called_from": "parser/328",
  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "leam"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "leam",
  "trace": "started on line 4, detected on line 68"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "leam"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "leam",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 68"
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Person:'",
  "path": [
    "leam"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "leam",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "leam"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "leam",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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