lhoob

Manx

Alternative forms

• loob

Etymology

From Old Irish lúb, from a Germanic language.

Noun

lhoob m (genitive singular lhoob, plural lhoobyn)

1. curve, coil, hoop, hank, bend
2. shackle
3. snare
4. (sewing, knitting) stitch
5. (geography) gulf

Synonyms

• whaaley (“stitch”)

Derived terms

• lhoob bun ry skyn
• lhoob doo
• lhoob follym
• lhoob geyre, lhoob giare
• Lhoob Vexico
• lhoob yiarn
• lhoobag
• lhoobagh
• lhoobaght
• lhoobeen
• lhoobey
• lhoobeyr
• lhoobid

 

Verb

lhoob (verbal noun lhoobey, past participle lhoobit)

1. to bend, loop, twine, curl up, curve, coil, sag, bow
2. to hunch, stoop
3. to wriggle, writhe, squirm, flex
4. to inflect

Synonyms

• (inflect): aachass, cammee

Derived terms

• lhoobeyder