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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German lodder (“lack-all, wretch, someone who does not tend to himself”), cognate to Old English loddere (“poorling”). Ukrainian ле́дар (lédar), Polish łotr.
Pronunciation
Noun
ло́дырь • (lódyrʹ) m anim (genitive ло́дыря, nominative plural ло́дыри, genitive plural ло́дырей)
- idler, slacker, loafer (procrastinating or lazy person)
Declension
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Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лодырь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ло́дарь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress