loitiméir

Irish

Etymology

From loit (“to hurt, wound”) +‎ -éir with an obscure intervening -im-.

Noun

loitiméir m (genitive singular loitiméara, nominative plural loitiméirí)

1. destroyer, vandal
2. botcher

Declension

Declension of loitiméir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative loitiméir loitiméirí vocative a loitiméir a loitiméirí genitive loitiméara loitiméirí dative loitiméir loitiméirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an loitiméir na loitiméirí genitive an loitiméara na loitiméirí dative leis an loitiméir don loitiméir leis na loitiméirí

Derived terms

• loitiméireacht f (“vandalism; destructiveness, destruction”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “loitiméir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN