lionn rua
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “red humor”
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lionn rua m (genitive singular leanna rua)
- choler (anger; yellow bile)
Further reading[edit]
- “lionn-ruadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 linn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lionnruaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 439
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lionn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 89
