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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
Proper noun
Alastar m (genitive Alastair)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Alexander or Alec
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| Alastar
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nAlastar
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hAlastar
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tAlastar
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Alastar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Alastar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Alastar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024