liúdramán

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) 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
  3. drone (bee)

Declension

Declension of liúdramán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative liúdramán liúdramáin
vocative a liúdramáin a liúdramána
genitive liúdramáin liúdramán
dative liúdramán liúdramáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an liúdramán na liúdramáin
genitive an liúdramáin na liúdramán
dative leis an liúdramán
don liúdramán 		leis na liúdramáin

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: loodheramaun

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “liúdramán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • A Dictionary of Hiberno-English, Terence Patrick Dolan, Gill & Macmillan (2004), p. 141. →ISBN.
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “liúdramán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “liúdramán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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