ált

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See also: alt, atl, Alt, alt-, Alt., and ált.

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

ált m (genitive singular áilt, nominative plural áilt) (Ulster)

  1. Alternative form of ailt (“steep-sided glen; ravine”)
  2. Alternative form of aill (“cliff, precipice”)

Declension

Declension of ált

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ált áilt
Vocative a áilt a álta
Genitive áilt ált
Dative ált áilt

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ált na háilt
Genitive an áilt na n-ált
Dative leis an ált

don ált

leis na háilt

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ált n-ált hált t-ált
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10

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