lhoob
Manx
Alternative forms
- loob
Etymology
From Old Irish lúb, from a Germanic language.
Noun
lhoob m (genitive singular lhoob, plural lhoobyn)
- curve, coil, hoop, hank, bend
- shackle
- snare
- (sewing, knitting) stitch
- (geography) gulf
Synonyms
- whaaley (“stitch”)
Derived terms
- lhoob geyre, lhoob giare
- lhoobag
- lhoobagh
- lhoobaght
- lhoob bun ry skyn
- lhoob doo
- lhoobeen
- lhoobey
- lhoobeyr
- lhoob follym
- lhoobid
- Lhoob Vexico
- lhoob yiarn
Verb
lhoob (verbal noun lhoobey, past participle lhoobit)
- to bend, loop, twine, curl up, curve, coil, sag, bow
- to hunch, stoop
- to wriggle, writhe, squirm, flex
- to inflect
Synonyms
- (inflect): aachass, cammee
Derived terms
- lhoobeyder