lionn rua

Irish

Alternative forms

• lionnrua
• lionnruadh, lionn-ruadh, lionn ruadh

Etymology

Literally, “red humor”

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɨ̞nˠɾˠuə/

Noun

lionn rua m (genitive singular leanna rua)

1. choler (anger; yellow bile)

Further reading

• “lionn-ruadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 linn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lionnruaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 439
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lionn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 89