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Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
liúr (present analytic liúrann, future analytic liúrfaidh, verbal noun liúradh, past participle liúrtha)
- to thrash, wallop, beat, trounce
- Synonyms: buail, greasáil, gread
- to flog (whip or scourge as punishment)
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Noun
liúr m (genitive singular liúir, nominative plural liúracha)
- pole (long and slender object for construction or support)
- Synonym: cuaille
- liúracha curaigh ― currach laths
References
- ^ “liúr”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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