lorga

From Old Irish lurga. Cognate with Manx lurgey.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔɾˠəɡə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠʌɾˠəɡə/

lorga f (genitive singular lorga, nominative plural lorgaí)

1. shin (front part of the leg below the knee), shinbone, shank (lower part of the leg)
2. drumstick (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl)
3. cannon bone (metatarsal or metacarpal of a horse)
4. stem (above-ground stalk of a vascular plant, slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant, narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects)
5. stalk (stem or main axis of a plant)
6. staff (long, straight, thick rod or stick)
7. shaft (e.g. of a golf club)

• “lorga” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lurga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “lorga” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 446.
• "lorga" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.