liobar

Irish

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɨ̞bˠəɾˠ/

Noun

liobar m (genitive singular liobair, nominative plural liobair)

hanging lip
any loose, sagging thing, something saggy
untidy person
flabby person or thing

Declension

Declension of liobar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	liobar	liobair
Vocative	a liobair	a liobara
Genitive	liobair	liobar
Dative	liobar	liobair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an liobar	na liobair
Genitive	an liobair	na liobar
Dative	leis an liobar don liobar	leis na liobair

Derived terms

liobar crochta (“hanging lip, pendulous lip”)
liobar líota (“blubber lip”)

Further reading

“liobar” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
“liobar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 438.
"liobar" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 38

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