liobairne

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Irish

Etymology

From liobar (something saggy or droopy).

Pronunciation

Noun

liobairne f (genitive singular liobairne)

  1. looseness (of skin)
  2. (Ulster) disarray, ruin, rack and ruin
    Synonym: raice
    dul chun liobairneto go to (rack and) ruin

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

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