lobh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lobaid (decays, rots, putrefies; wastes away).

Verb

lobh (present analytic lobhann, future analytic lobhfaidh, verbal noun lobhadh, past participle lofa)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) rot, decay

Conjugation

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lobaid (decays, rots, putrefies; wastes away).

Verb

lobh (past lobh, future lobhaidh, verbal noun lobhadh, past participle lobhte)

  1. rot, putrefy, decompose
  2. become or make putrid
  3. stink

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “lobh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lobaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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