lobh

Irish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) rot, decay

Conjugation

conjugation of lobh (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	lobhaim	lobhann tú; lobhair†	lobhann sé, sí	lobhaimid	lobhann sibh	lobhann siad; lobhaid†	a lobhann; a lobhas	lobhtar
	past	lobh mé; lobhas	lobh tú; lobhais	lobh sé, sí	lobhamar; lobh muid	lobh sibh; lobhabhair	lobh siad; lobhadar	a lobh / ar lobh*	lobhadh
	past habitual	lobhainn	lobhtá	lobhadh sé, sí	lobhaimis; lobhadh muid	lobhadh sibh	lobhaidís; lobhadh siad	a lobhadh / a lobhadh*	lobhtaí
future		lobhfaidh mé; lobhfad	lobhfaidh tú; lobhfair†	lobhfaidh sé, sí	lobhfaimid; lobhfaidh muid	lobhfaidh sibh	lobhfaidh siad; lobhfaid†	a lobhfaidh; a lobhfas	lobhfar
conditional		lobhfainn	lobhfá	lobhfadh sé, sí	lobhfaimis; lobhfadh muid	lobhfadh sibh	lobhfaidís; lobhfadh siad	a lobhfadh / a lobhfadh*	lobhfaí
subjunctive	present	go lobha mé; go lobhad†	go lobha tú; go lobhair†	go lobha sé, sí	go lobhaimid; go lobha muid	go lobha sibh	go lobha siad; go lobhaid†	—	go lobhtar
	past	dá lobhainn	dá lobhtá	dá lobhadh sé, sí	dá lobhaimis; dá lobhadh muid	dá lobhadh sibh	dá lobhaidís; dá lobhadh siad	—	dá lobhtaí
imperative		lobhaim	lobh	lobhadh sé, sí	lobhaimis	lobhaigí; lobhaidh†	lobhaidís	—	lobhtar
verbal noun		lobhadh
past participle		lofa

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lobh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lobaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Verb

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

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “lobh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lobaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language