rosualt

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish rosualt, from Old Norse hrosshvalr (literally “horse-whale”), from hross (“horse”) + hvalr (“whale”).

Noun

rosualt m (genitive singular rosuailt, nominative plural rosuailt)

1. walrus

Declension

Declension of rosualt

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative rosualt rosuailt Vocative a rosuailt a rosualta Genitive rosuailt rosualt Dative rosualt rosuailt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an rosualt na rosuailt Genitive an rosuailt na rosualt Dative leis an rosualt don rosualt leis na rosuailt

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rosualt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rosualt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rosualt”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “rosualt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024