lionn rua

Irish

Alternative forms

  • lionnrua
  • lionnruadh, lionn-ruadh, lionn ruadh[1]

Etymology

Literally, “red humor”

Pronunciation

Noun

lionn rua m (genitive singular leanna rua)

  1. choler (anger; yellow bile)

References

  1. ^ “lionn-ruadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 246, page 89

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