Irish

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Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) rot, decay

Conjugation

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Verb

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

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

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “lobh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lobaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language