lúb

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Irish

Alternative forms

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)

  1. 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.”)
  2. fold, recess, nook, circle
  3. mesh in net; net, snare
  4. (knitting) stitch
  5. hasp (on door), catch (of gate)
  6. (croquet) hoop
  7. curved stick
  8. craft, deceit

Declension

Declension of lúb (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative lúb lúba
vocative a lúb a lúba
genitive lúibe lúb
dative lúb
lúib (archaic, dialectal)
lúba
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an lúb na lúba
genitive na lúibe na lúb
dative leis an lúb
leis an lúib (archaic, dialectal)
don lúb
don lúib (archaic, dialectal)
leis na lúba

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Verb

lúb (present analytic lúbann, future analytic lúbfaidh, verbal noun lúbadh, past participle lúbtha) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. loop; enmesh, net
  2. bend, flex

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References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 218, page 81

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