liobairne
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Etymology
From liobar (“something saggy or droopy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
liobairne f (genitive singular liobairne)
- looseness (of skin)
- (Ulster) disarray, ruin, rack and ruin
- Synonym: raice
- dul chun liobairne ― to go to (rack and) ruin
Related terms
- liobarna (“droopiness, limpness”)
- ar liobarna (“drooping, hanging limply”)
- liobarnach (“unwieldy, clumsy, floppy”)
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “liobairne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “liobairne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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