liobar

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

liobar m (genitive singular liobair, nominative plural liobair)

  1. hanging lip
  2. any loose, sagging thing, something saggy
  3. untidy person
  4. flabby person or thing

Declension
Declension of liobar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative liobar liobair
Vocative a liobair a liobara
Genitive liobair liobar
Dative liobar liobair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an liobar na liobair
Genitive an liobair na liobar
Dative leis an liobar

don liobar

 leis na liobair

Derived terms
  • liobairne
  • liobar crochta (“hanging lip, pendulous lip”)
  • liobar líota (“blubber lip”)
  • liobarna
  • liobarnach
  • liobarnacht

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 38

Further reading
  • “liobar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “liobar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 438
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “liobar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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