aspalda

Irish

Alternative forms

• abstalda, aspalta, easpalda

Etymology

From Old Irish apstalda (“apostolic”, adjective), from apstal (“apostle”). By surface analysis, aspal (“apostle”) +‎ -da.

Adjective

aspalda

1. (Christianity) apostolic, apostolical

   Synonym: aspalach

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aspalda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “apstalda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aspalda”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aspalda”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024