leadránach

Irish

Etymology

From leadrán (“lingering, loitering, dilly-dallying; dilatoriness, slowness; tedium”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

leadránach (genitive singular masculine leadránaigh, genitive singular feminine leadránaí, plural leadránacha, comparative leadránaí)

1. dilatory, loitering, lingering; slow, tedious

Declension

Declension of leadránach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	leadránach	leadránach	leadránacha
Vocative	leadránaigh		leadránacha
Genitive		leadránaí	leadránacha	leadránach
Dative	leadránach	leadránach; leadránaigh (archaic)	leadránacha
Comparative	níos leadránaí
Superlative	is leadránaí

Related terms

• leadránacht f (“dilatoriness; tediousness”)

References

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