n
f. g
s. luibe. pl. id. (g
p.
lubi,
LU 10641
=
luibhi,
Ériu
xii 156.5
). Somet. also with non-pal. -b: tutlub, -lob, etc.,
ZCP i 19 §§ 10
,
12
. g
s.
lubae,
Sg. 61b15
(
lube,
100b2
).
n
p.
lubai,
MacCarthy 62.24
v.l.
luba,
Alex. 1003
(lubad, v.l.).
a
p.
lubai,
SR 7019.
d
p.
lubaib,
969
(n
p.
luibi,
935
). Cf. lubgort.
In later lang. freq. with n
p. -enna, g
p. -enn. Less freq. with
dental infl. in pl. f.,
IGT Decl. § 14.
Herb, plant
: de rosa dind l.¤ find .i. l.¤ derc gl. rosarium,
Sg.
35b2
. gl. tús,
46a13
. ainmm lubae gl. gummi,
61b15
. l.¤ ┐
ní crann gl. nam siler non est inter arbores ponendum,
65a9
.
l.¤ gl. cicer,
99b1
. salina .i. nomen lube .i. sálchuach gl.
salinatoris,
100b2
.
luibgort .i. gort luibe,
Corm. Y 821
(
Thr. Ir. Gl. 27
).
cīch .i. κῖκι grég, l.¤ asa taet ass,
O'Mulc.
221
. luibh gl. herba,
Ir. Gl. 114.
apio
.i. luibh serbh,
RC
xiv 227 § 36
.
no línta in gríanán sin do lubib boladmaraib
ingantaib,
LU 10640
.
tobertatar na lucuirp luibe do iar sin
ina cluasa,
Ériu xvi 36.22
.
ic loscad láir ┐ luibed in tíre,
LB
118a38
.
a coic sescat ar tri cet du luibib,
Auraic. 1959.
luibi cach ṡīl,
ACL iii 235.15
. ?
a lug gan luibi mar caruíd,
MacCarthy 312.3
. do mughu muir mothach mbrughach brug
treb dian iach, glossed
dianit luibe bradain,
LL 393a2
.
doromailt . . . etir na lubid árchena ind athaba,
RC ii 390.24
.
luibe denma draidechta,
CCath. 3907
.
luibe neime,
3912
. a
lan do (o) luibib Gall (recountal of the `díre' of a hen's egg),
Laws v 84.6, 10 Comm
. ina scris do luibib `herb-gardens'
(see note),
i 170.20 Comm
. gl.
im turorgain do bechdin,
166.26
.
luibhe gach leirge,
PBocht 25.11
.
croind ┐ crocha ┐ luibenda,
BCC 92.27
.
do thionól luibhend fó na coilltibh,
AFM vi
1956.28
. mar bhláth na luibhe `the flower of the grass',
James
i 10
. Fig.
luibh an mhachaire Muire,
DDána 7.26
. In B.
na f.
condeisset sund . . . / drūth luibe blogo egae,
ACL iii
310 § 4
. For names of specific plants see Hog. Luibhl.
Med. of herbs with curative properties:
mad fuar an cuis
cuirter ina lepuid é, ┐ luibidh berbthi laim ris,
Rosa Angl.
60.z
. l.¤ na pairilisi `herba paralysis',
266.11
. Hence with
qual. gen. chabra, ícce, leigis healing herb, remedy, panacea
in general: luibh chabhra ar gcréacht (of Mary),
PBocht
2.24
. níor luibhe chabhra dá chridhe / duibhe a habhra is
gile a gruadh (S. Margaret and her suitors),
DDána 32.23
.
lossa ┐ luibi íci,
LU 6341
(
TBC-I¹ 1826
).
lubi ┐ lossa icci,
TBC-LL¹ 3588
.
a luibh íce t'fhine féin,
Aithd. D. 46.23
.
ro chuir
S. luibheanna íce ┐ leighis re cneadhaibh C.,
Oss. iii 128.z
.
ní gnáth milis luibh leighis,
PBocht 21.26
. dár ngonaibh-ne
is luibh leighis (of birth of Christ),
DDána 6.11
.
tug duine
. . . / luibhe leighis ar ccrechta,
Duan. F. ii 396 § 93
.
éag
gan luibhe dá leigheas,
TSh. 1969.
Note also:
mur luibh
choisge fuili,
IGT Decl. ex. 1216
. luibh shíodha d'fhuil
Éabha (of wounds of Christ),
Aithd. D. 64.23
.
grás as
líonmhaire ná an luibh / ar bhás shíordhuidhe,
DDána 35.11
.
In wider sense of
plant, material
used in the manufacture
of articles: ní fil ó turgbáil co fuin / rofesed cia l.¤ a crann
what wood was in its shaft (of a spear),
Metr. Dinds. iii 122.36
.
dá máelasa . . . ┐ ní feas cía l.¤ dia rabadar,
Ériu iv 138.28
.
inar corccra . . . ni fess l.¤ dia robi,
PH 2854
(where ref. is
perh. to the purple dye).
di umu, no sicip l.¤ di-a mbe,
Laws
v 410.20 Comm
. (of a `sét').
Compds.
¤gáirdín:
an uile luibhgháirdín do phlantáil,
Corp. Astron. 50.10
.
¤thrén of strong material:
seaca leabhar
luibthrēan,
Celtica iv 110 § 14
. See lubgort.