losna

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losna m (genitive singular losna, nominative plural losnaí)

1. (fishing) snood

   Synonyms: drogha, foirtéim, lusna, snúda

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “losna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• losne

From Old Norse losna.

• IPA^(key): /²lɔsnɑ/

losna (present tense losnar, past tense losna, past participle losna, passive infinitive losnast, present participle losnande, imperative losna/losn)

1. (intransitive) to come loose, lose one's grip

   Seint på hausten losnar epla frå trea og dett ned på bakken.

   Late in the autumn, the apples come loose from the trees and fall on the ground.

• “losna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.