súil ribe

Irish

Alternative forms

  • súil-ribe, súil ruibe[1]

Etymology

Literally “eye of a snare”, from Middle Irish rib (“snare”), conflated with ruibe (“(individual) hair”) (now spelled ribe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠuːlʲ ˈɾˠɪbʲə/[2]

Noun

súil ribe f (genitive singular súile ribe, nominative plural súile ribe)

  1. snare (trap, especially one made from a loop of wire)
    Synonyms: dol, gaiste

Mutation

Mutated forms of súil ribe
radical lenition eclipsis
súil ribe shúil ribe
after an, tsúil ribe 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “súil-ribe”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 20, page 12

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