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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “astrolaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “astrologer”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “astralaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm