liúdramán

Irish

Etymology

Compare liúdaí (“idler, shirker, good-for-nothing person; leering person; silly-looking person, lout”).

Noun

liúdramán m (genitive singular liúdramáin, nominative plural liúdramáin)

  1. lanky, lazy person
  2. loafer

Declension
Declension of liúdramán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative liúdramán liúdramáin
Vocative a liúdramáin a liúdramána
Genitive liúdramáin liúdramán
Dative liúdramán liúdramáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an liúdramán na liúdramáin
Genitive an liúdramáin na liúdramán
Dative leis an liúdramán

don liúdramán

 leis na liúdramáin

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading
  • "liúdramán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • A Dictionary of Hiberno-English, Terence Patrick Dolan, Gill & Macmillan (2004), p. 141. →ISBN.
  • Entries containing “liúdramán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “liúdramán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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