liobairne

Irish

Etymology

From liobar (“something saggy or droopy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠʌbˠəɾˠn̠ʲə/[1]

Noun

liobairne f (genitive singular liobairne)

  1. looseness (of skin)
  2. (Ulster) disarray, ruin, rack and ruin
    Synonym: raice
    dul chun liobairne ― to go to (rack and) ruin
  • liobarna (“droopiness, limpness”)
    • ar liobarna (“drooping, hanging limply”)
  • liobarnach (“unwieldy, clumsy, floppy”)

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “liobairne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 663; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “liobairne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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