See also: Altair

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈal̪ˠt̪ˠəɾʲ]

Verb edit

altair

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

Mutation edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

altair f (genitive singular altrach, plural altraichean)

  1. altar

Mutation edit

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 edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “altair”, 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), “altóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language