Irish

Particle

lenar ‎(form used before non-past tenses lena) (used before a past tense; triggers lenition of a following consonant except in the autonomous form)

1. with which/whom

   an buachaill lenar bhuail mé‎ ― the boy with whom I met

Usage notes

Especially in the spoken language, it is more common to use the indirect relative particle ar with a resumptive prepositional pronoun:

an buachaill ar bhuail mé leis‎ ― the boy with whom I met

Particle

lenar ‎(form used before a vowel in the present/future lenarb, form used before a vowel in the past/conditional lenarbh) (used before a consonant sound; triggers lenition in the past/conditional)

1. with which/whom is

   an fear lenar féidir labhairt le hainmhithe‎ ― the man who can talk to animals

2. with which/whom was/would be

   an bhean lenar dhóigh gurbh fhíor é‎ ― the woman who believed it was true

Usage notes

Here again, it is more common, especially in the spoken language, to use the indirect relative particle ar with a resumptive prepositional pronoun:

an fear ar féidir leis a labhairt le hainmhithe‎ ― the man who can talk to animals

an bhean ar dhóigh léi gurbh fhíor é‎ ― the woman who believed it was true

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