daltas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish daltus. By surface analysis, dalta +‎ -as.

Noun

daltas m (genitive singular daltais, nominative plural daltais)

1. (military) cadetship
2. Synonym of daltachas (“fosterage; pupilage; discipleship”)

Declension

Declension of daltas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative daltas daltais Vocative a dhaltais a dhaltasa Genitive daltais daltas Dative daltas daltais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an daltas na daltais Genitive an daltais na ndaltas Dative leis an daltas don daltas leis na daltais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daltas	dhaltas	ndaltas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daltas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “daltus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “daltas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Swedish

Verb

daltas

1. inflection of dalta:
   1. infinitive passive
   2. present passive