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)

lanky, lazy person
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

liúdramántacht f (“loafing”)

Descendants

→ English: loodheramaun

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, 2013-2024