lúb
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish lúb,[1] from a Germanic language, probably Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, spring”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lúb f (genitive singular lúibe, nominative plural lúba)
- loop, link; coil, turn; twist, bend
- Is fearr an cú atá sa siúl ná an cú atá sa lúb. (proverb)
- Freedom of action is better than frustration
- (literally, “Better a hound on the move than a hound in a loop.”)
- fold, recess, nook, circle
- mesh in net; net, snare
- (knitting) stitch
- hasp (on door), catch (of gate)
- (croquet) hoop
- curved stick
- craft, deceit
Declension edit
Declension of lúb
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms edit
- (catch): clíce
Derived terms edit
- aimpéarlúb
- caith lúb anuas
- cluiche lúibe
- cluiche lúibe is liathróide
- cuir lúb suas
- faoi lúba
- lúb ar a faobhar
- lúb ar deiseal
- lúb ar lár
- lúb ar tuathal
- lúb chreasa
- lúb corcáin
- lúb ghruaige
- lúb iompaithe
- lúb is corrán
- lúb na cruithneachta
- lúb pota
- lúb rigín
- lúb shleamhain
- lúbach
- lúbáil
- lúbán
- lúbarnach
- lúbarnaíl
- lúbóg
- lúbra
- lúibín
- scriú lúibe
- snaidhm lúibe
- sraith lúb
- U-lúb
Verb edit
lúb (present analytic lúbann, future analytic lúbfaidh, verbal noun lúbadh, past participle lúbtha) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of lúb (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lúb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 81
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lúb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN