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)
- destroyer, vandal
- botcher
Declension
Declension of loitiméir
Third declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- loitiméireacht f (“vandalism; destructiveness, destruction”)
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “lot”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
- Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Stokes)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “loitiméir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN