luibh
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish luib (“herb, plant”).
Noun
luibh f (genitive singular luibhe, nominative plural luibheanna)
Declension
Declension of luibh
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- garraí luibheanna, luibhghort (“herb garden”)
- luibh leighis (“medicinal herb”)
- luibh na ndaitheacha (“yarrow”)
- luibheach (“herbaceous”, adjective)
- luibheolaí (“botanist”)
- luibheolaíocht (“botany”)
- luibhghairdín (“botanic garden”)
- luibhghualach (“vegetable charcoal”)
- luibhicíd (“herbicide”)
- luibhiteach (“herbivorous”, adjective)
- luibhiteoir (“herbivore”)
- luibhlia (“herbalist”)
- luibhliacht (“herbalism”)
- luibhre (“herbage”)
- tae luibhe (“herbal tea”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luibh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “herb”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “luib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish luib (“herb, plant”).
Noun
luibh m or f (genitive singular luibhe, plural luibhean)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “luib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish second-declension nouns
- ga:Plants
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic nouns with multiple genders
- gd:Plants