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