ailteán

Irish

Etymology

From ailt (“steep-sided glen; ravine”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

ailteán m (genitive singular ailteáin, nominative plural ailteáin)

1. Diminutive of ailt
2. (geography) small ravine

Declension

Declension of ailteán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ailteán ailteáin Vocative a ailteáin a ailteána Genitive ailteáin ailteán Dative ailteán ailteáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ailteán na hailteáin Genitive an ailteáin na n-ailteán Dative leis an ailteán don ailteán leis na hailteáin

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ailteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN