astralaí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish astrolaige (“astrologer; wizard, sorceror”), a borrowing from Latin astrologus, from Ancient Greek ἀστρολόγος (astrológos, “astronomer, astrologer”).

Noun

astralaí m (genitive singular astralaí, nominative plural astralaithe)

1. astrologer

Declension

Declension of astralaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative astralaí astralaithe Vocative a astralaí a astralaithe Genitive astralaí astralaithe Dative astralaí astralaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-astralaí na hastralaithe Genitive an astralaí na n-astralaithe Dative leis an astralaí don astralaí leis na hastralaithe

Derived terms

• astralaíoch (“astrological”, adjective)
• astralaíocht f (“astrology”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
astralaí	n-astralaí	hastralaí	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) “astralaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “astrolaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “astrologer”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “astralaí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.