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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish lúb,[1] from a Germanic language, probably Old Norse hlaupa (“to leap, spring”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Cognate with English loop.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
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Verb
lúb (present analytic lúbann, future analytic lúbfaidh, verbal noun lúbadh, past participle lúbtha) (transitive, intransitive)
- loop; enmesh, net
- bend, flex
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 218, page 81
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