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. Stokes, Whitley, Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894) Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 258

Further reading
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