altair

See also: Altair

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈal̪ˠt̪ˠəɾʲ]

Verb

altair

1. (Munster, literary) second-person singular present indicative of alt

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
altair	n-altair	haltair	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish altóir, from Latin altar, altāre, altaria, from adoleō (“I burn”), influenced in form by altus (“high”).

Noun

altair f (genitive singular altrach, plural altraichean)

1. altar

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
altair	n-altair	h-altair	t-altair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “altair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language