ealta

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish elta.

Noun

ealta f (genitive singular ealta, nominative plural ealtaí)

1. (of birds, animals) flock
2. (of people) multitude

Declension

Declension of ealta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ealta ealtaí Vocative a ealta a ealtaí Genitive ealta ealtaí Dative ealta ealtaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ealta na healtaí Genitive na healta na n-ealtaí Dative leis an ealta don ealta leis na healtaí

Synonyms

• (flock of birds): scaoth
• (multitude): slua

Derived terms

• ealtach (“abounding in flocks”, adjective)
• ealtúil (“flocking, gregarious”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ealta	n-ealta	healta	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) “ealta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “elta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ealta

1. genitive singular of ealt

Usage notes

• Also used as a nominative.