loitiméir

Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lottô, *lut-to-, from *lut (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut off, separate, free”), see also Ancient Greek λύω (lúō), English loose.[1] Or, from *lewd- (“to duck; feign; be low; be small”), source of Proto-Germanic *lutōną (“to conceal”).[2]

Noun

loitiméir m (genitive singular loitiméara, nominative plural loitiméirí)

  1. destroyer, vandal
  2. botcher

Declension
Declension of loitiméir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative loitiméir loitiméirí
Vocative a loitiméir a loitiméirí
Genitive loitiméara loitiméirí
Dative loitiméir loitiméirí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an loitiméir na loitiméirí
Genitive an loitiméara na loitiméirí
Dative leis an loitiméir

don loitiméir

 leis na loitiméirí

Derived terms

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “lot”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
  2. Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Stokes)

Further reading
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