Irish

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Etymology

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From gabháil +‎ -tas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gabháltas m (genitive singular gabháltais, nominative plural gabháltais)

  1. conquest (territory gained by force), possession (territory under the rule of another country)
  2. holding (tenure; farm or other estate held), landholding, lot (distinct portion or plot of land)

Declension

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Declension of gabháltas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gabháltas gabháltais
vocative a ghabháltais a ghabháltasa
genitive gabháltais gabháltas
dative gabháltas gabháltais
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gabháltas na gabháltais
genitive an ghabháltais na ngabháltas
dative leis an ngabháltas
don ghabháltas
leis na gabháltais

Mutation

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Mutated forms of gabháltas
radical lenition eclipsis
gabháltas ghabháltas ngabháltas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 16

Further reading

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