saltair
Irish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).
Noun
editsaltair f (genitive singular saltrach, nominative plural saltracha)
Declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2
editVerb
editsaltair
- Alternative form of satail (“tread, tramp; trample”)
Etymology 3
editNoun
editsaltair f
- Alternative form of altair
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
saltair | shaltair after an, tsaltair |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saltair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saltair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).
Noun
editsaltair n
- (Christianity) the psalter (the psalms of David)
- psalter (the book in which psalms were written)
- book
Inflection
editThe genitive singular is not attested, but the nominative, accusative, vocative, and dative singulars are all attested, and all of them are saltair. The only declension class with neuters of such form would be the neuter i-stems, hence the CorPH database listing it as such.
Neuter i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | saltairN | saltairN | sailtreL |
Vocative | saltairN | saltairN | sailtreL |
Accusative | saltairN | saltairN | sailtreL |
Genitive | sailtreoH, sailtreaH | sailtreoH, sailtreaH | sailtreN |
Dative | saltairL | sailtrib | sailtrib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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This was later replaced by a feminine k-stem declension due to its ending in -air.
Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
saltair | ṡaltair | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saltair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).
Noun
editsaltair f (plural saltairean)
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
saltair | shaltair after "an", t-saltair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Edward Dwelly (1911) “saltair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saltair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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