lobh

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish lobaid (decays, rots, putrefies; wastes away).

Verb[edit]

lobh (present analytic lobhann, future analytic lobhfaidh, verbal noun lobhadh, past participle lofa)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) rot, decay

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish lobaid (decays, rots, putrefies; wastes away).

Verb[edit]

lobh (past lobh, future lobhaidh, verbal noun lobhadh, past participle lobhte)

  1. rot, putrefy, decompose
  2. become or make putrid
  3. stink

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “lobh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lobaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language