liobar

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɨ̞bˠəɾˠ/

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

 

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