lionn rua
Irish
Alternative forms
- lionnrua
- lionnruadh, lionn-ruadh, lionn ruadh
Etymology
Literally, “red humor”
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɨ̞nˠɾˠuə/
Noun
lionn rua m (genitive singular leanna rua)
- choler (anger; yellow bile)
Further reading
- “lionn-ruadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 linn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lionnruaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 439
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lionn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 89
