loitiméir
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
loitiméir m (genitive singular loitiméara, nominative plural loitiméirí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of loitiméir
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- loitiméireacht f (“vandalism; destructiveness, destruction”)
References[edit]
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “lot”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
- ^ Stokes, Whitley, Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894) Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 258
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “loitiméir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN