liobarnach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]liobarnach (genitive singular masculine liobarnaigh, genitive singular feminine liobarnaí, plural liobarnacha, comparative liobarnaí)
- unwieldy
- Synonym: anásta
- clumsy (awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous)
- Synonym: ciotach
- floppy, flabby, hanging loose
- sloppy, tattered, slovenly
Declension
[edit]Declension of liobarnach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | liobarnach | liobarnach | liobarnacha | |
| Vocative | liobarnaigh | liobarnacha | ||
| Genitive | liobarnaí | liobarnacha | liobarnach | |
| Dative | liobarnach | liobarnach; liobarnaigh (archaic) |
liobarnacha | |
| Comparative | níos liobarnaí | |||
| Superlative | is liobarnaí | |||
Noun
[edit]liobarnach f (genitive singular liobarnaí)
- Alternative form of liobarnacht
References
[edit]- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 77
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “liobarnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “liobarnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 438
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “liobarnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN