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loit.

to wound, hurt, injure, impair

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/l̪ˠɔtʲ/Ulster
  1. to wound, hurt, injure, impair

  2. to destroy, damage, deface, mar, mutilate

  3. to spoil (ruin; pamper)

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish loittid, from Proto-Celtic *lotteti, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to cut off, separate, free”), see also Latin luō (“expiate, pay”), Sanskrit लून (lūna, “sever, cut forth, destroy, annihilate”), English loose, Old Armenian լուծանեմ (lucanem) and Albanian lirë. Stokes prefers a comparison with Proto-Germanic *lutōną (“to conceal, hide”), *lūtaną (“to bow down”).

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