saltair
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).
Noun edit
saltair f (genitive singular saltrach, nominative plural saltracha)
Declension edit
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
saltair
- Alternative form of satail (“tread, tramp; trample”)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
saltair f
- Alternative form of altair
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
saltair | shaltair after an, tsaltair |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saltair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saltair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).
Noun edit
saltair n
- (Christianity) the psalter (the psalms of David)
- psalter (the book in which psalms were written)
- book
Inflection edit
The genitive singular is not attested, but the nominative, accusative, vocative, and dative singulars are all attested, and all of them are saltair. The only declension class with neuters of such form would be the neuter i-stems, hence the CorPH database listing it as such.
Neuter i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | saltairN | saltairN | sailtreL |
Vocative | saltairN | saltairN | sailtreL |
Accusative | saltairN | saltairN | sailtreL |
Genitive | sailtreoH, sailtreaH | sailtreoH, sailtreaH | sailtreN |
Dative | saltairL | sailtrib | sailtrib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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This was later replaced by a feminine k-stem declension due to its ending in -air.
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
saltair | ṡaltair | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saltair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).
Noun edit
saltair f (plural saltairean)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
saltair | shaltair after "an", t-saltair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “saltair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “saltair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language