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