lomabharróg
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From lom (“close”) + barróg (“hug”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lomabharróg f (genitive singular lomabharróige, nominative plural lomabharróga)
- a tight hug
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 198:
- Do riug sé lomabharróg uirthi agus d’fháisc le n‑a chroidhe í agus do thug deocha póg di: “Tá an méid sin déanta go h‑anamhaith agat, a Mháire”, ar seisean.
- He gave her a tight hug and squeezed her to his heart and gave her a smothering of kisses: “You have done so much very wekk, Máire,” he said.
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lombharróg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN