лодырь

Russian

Alternative forms

• ло́дарь (lódarʹ), ло́дорь (lódorʹ) — archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German lodder (“lack-all, wretch, someone who does not tend to himself”), cognate to Old English loddere (“poorling”). Ukrainian ле́дар (lédar), Polish łotr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫodɨrʲ]
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Noun

ло́дырь • (lódyrʹ) m anim (genitive ло́дыря, nominative plural ло́дыри, genitive plural ло́дырей)

1. idler, slacker, loafer (procrastinating or lazy person)

Declension

Declension of ло́дырь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ло́дырь lódyrʹ	ло́дыри lódyri
genitive	ло́дыря lódyrja	ло́дырей lódyrej
dative	ло́дырю lódyrju	ло́дырям lódyrjam
accusative	ло́дыря lódyrja	ло́дырей lódyrej
instrumental	ло́дырем lódyrem	ло́дырями lódyrjami
prepositional	ло́дыре lódyre	ло́дырях lódyrjax

Descendants

• → Armenian: լոդր (lodr)
• → Georgian: (Khevsureti) ლოდრი (lodri), (Javakheti) ლოდირი (lodiri), (Javakheti) ლოდორი (lodori)
• → Laz: (Vitse) ლოდორი (lodori), (Atina) ლოდური (loduri)
• → Mingrelian: ლოდორი (lodori)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лодырь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ло́дарь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress