лодырь

Russian

Alternative forms

  • ло́дарь (lódarʹ), ло́дорь (lódorʹ)archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German lodder (lack-all, wretch, someone who does not tend to himself), cognate to Old English loddere (poorling). Ukrainian ле́дар (lédar), Polish łotr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫodɨrʲ]
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Noun

ло́дырь • (lódyrʹm anim (genitive ло́дыря, nominative plural ло́дыри, genitive plural ло́дырей)

  1. idler, slacker, loafer (procrastinating or lazy person)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ло́дырничать impf (lódyrničatʹ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: լոդր (lodr)
  • Chechen: ледархо̄ (ledarxoo)
  • Georgian: (Khevsureti) ლოდრი (lodri), (Javakheti) ლოდირი (lodiri), (Javakheti) ლოდორი (lodori)
  • Laz: (Vitse) ლოდორი (lodori), (Atina) ლოდური (loduri)
  • Mingrelian: ლოდორი (lodori)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лодырь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • See: Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ло́дарь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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