liobairne

Irish

Etymology

From liobar (“something saggy or droopy”).

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠʌbˠəɾˠn̠ʲə/[1] (as if spelled lobairne)

Noun

liobairne f (genitive singular liobairne)

looseness (of skin)
(Ulster) disarray, ruin, rack and ruin
Synonym: raice

dul chun liobairne ― to go to (rack and) ruin

Related terms

liobarna (“droopiness, limpness”)
- ar liobarna (“drooping, hanging limply”)
liobarnach (“unwieldy, clumsy, floppy”)

References

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

Further reading

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “liobairne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “liobairne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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