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. Or, from *lewd- (“to duck; feign; be low; be small”), source of Proto-Germanic *lutōną (“to conceal”).

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

• loitiméireacht f (“vandalism; destructiveness, destruction”)

Further reading

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