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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From lùb + -ach.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lùbach (genitive singular masculine lùbaich, comparative lùbaiche)
- bending, bended
- pliant, flexible, bendy
- meandering, winding, sinuous, tortuous, zigzag (river, road, argument etc)
Noun
lùbach f (genitive singular lùbaiche, plural lùbaichean)
- loop, noose
- hairpin
- (sailing) cringle
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “lùbach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lúbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language