leadrán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ledrán (“act of importuning”).

Noun

leadrán m (genitive singular leadráin)

1. (act of) lingering, loitering, dilly-dallying
2. dilatoriness, slowness
3. tedium

Declension

Declension of leadrán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative leadrán Vocative a leadráin Genitive leadráin Dative leadrán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an leadrán Genitive an leadráin Dative leis an leadrán don leadrán

Derived terms

• leadránach (“dilatory, loitering, lingering; slow, tedious”, adjective)
• leadránacht f (“dilatoriness; tediousness”)
• leadránaí m (“bore, tedious person”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leadrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ledrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language