ailt
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Irish alt (“height, cliff”), from Proto-Celtic *altos (compare Welsh allt).
Noun edit
ailt f (genitive singular ailte, nominative plural ailteanna)
Declension edit
Declension of ailt
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
ailt m
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ailt | n-ailt | hailt | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ailt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “ailt” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ailt” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83
Scottish Gaelic edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ailt f
- viola (string instrument of the violin family)
- Synonym: ailt-fhidheall
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ailt | n-ailt | h-ailt | t-ailt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |