ailt

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish alt (“height, cliff”), from Proto-Celtic *altos (compare Welsh allt).

Alternative forms

Noun

ailt f (genitive singular ailte, nominative plural ailteanna)

  1. (geography) steep-sided glen; ravine
Declension
Declension of ailt (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ailt ailteanna
vocative a ailt a ailteanna
genitive ailte ailteanna
dative ailt ailteanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ailt na hailteanna
genitive na hailte na n-ailteanna
dative leis an ailt
don ailt 		leis na hailteanna
Derived terms

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “áilt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 16; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ailt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “ailt”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “ailt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ailt m

  1. inflection of alt (“joint, juncture; alto”):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailt
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ailt n-ailt hailt not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 225, page 83

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /altʲ/

Noun

ailt f

  1. viola (string instrument of the violin family)
    Synonym: ailt-fhidheall

Mutation

Mutation of ailt
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ailt n-ailt h-ailt t-ailt

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

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