ailt

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ailt f (genitive singular ailte, nominative plural ailteanna)

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

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

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

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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