Alastar

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Alaxander, borrowed from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈal̪ˠəsˠt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Proper noun

Alastar m (genitive Alastair)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander or Alec

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Alastar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Alastar nAlastar hAlastar tAlastar

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

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