Irish edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) rot, decay

Conjugation edit

References edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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

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

References edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “lobh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 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