leadrán

Irish

Etymology

From leadair +‎ -án.

Noun

leadrán m (genitive singular leadráin)

1. (act of) lingering, loitering, dilly-dallying
2. dilatoriness, slowness
3. tedium

Declension

Declension of leadrán (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative leadrán vocative a leadráin genitive leadráin dative leadrán forms with the definite article case singular nominative an leadrán genitive an leadráin dative leis an leadrán don leadrán

Derived terms

• leadránach (“dilatory, loitering, lingering; slow, tedious”, adjective)
• leadránacht f (“dilatoriness; tediousness”)
• leadránaí m (“bore, tedious person”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leadrán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ledrán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language