altóir

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish altóir f (compare Scottish Gaelic altair), borrowed from Latin altar, altāre, altaria, from adoleō (“I burn”), influenced in form by altus (“high”).

Noun

altóir f (genitive singular altóra or altórach, nominative plural altóirí or altóracha)

Declension

Declension of altóir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	altóir	altóirí
Vocative	a altóir	a altóirí
Genitive	altóra	altóirí
Dative	altóir	altóirí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an altóir	na haltóirí
Genitive	na haltóra	na n-altóirí
Dative	leis an altóir don altóir	leis na haltóirí

Alternative declension

Declension of altóir

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	altóir	altóracha
Vocative	a altóir	a altóracha
Genitive	altórach	altóracha
Dative	altóir	altóracha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an altóir	na haltóracha
Genitive	na haltórach	na n-altóracha
Dative	leis an altóir don altóir	leis na haltóracha

Derived terms

béal altóra (“front of altar”)
brat altóra (“altar-cloth, vestment”)
clabhar altóra m (“retable”)
cloch altóra (“altar-stone”)
cuach altóra (“ciborium”)
cúlscáthlán altóra (“reredos”)
dealbh altóra (“altar-piece”)
éadach altóra (“altar-cloth”)
éadan altóra (“front of altar”)
feisteas altóra (“altar furnishings”)
fíon altóra (“altar wine”)
pictiúr altóra (“altar-piece”)
ráillí altóra (“altar-rails”)
scáthlán altóra (“altar-screen”)

Mutation

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “altóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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