súil ribe

Irish

Alternative forms

• súil-ribe, súil ruibe

Etymology

Literally “eye of a snare”, from Middle Irish rib (“snare”), conflated with ruibe (“(individual) hair”) (now spelled ribe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠuːlʲ ˈɾˠɪbʲə/

Noun

súil ribe f (genitive singular súile ribe, nominative plural súile ribe)

1. snare (trap, especially one made from a loop of wire)

   Synonyms: dol, gaiste

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
súil ribe	shúil ribe after an, tsúil ribe	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “súil-ribe”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ribe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ribe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 30