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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish astrolaige (“astrologer; wizard, sorceror”), a borrowing from Latin astrologus, from Ancient Greek ἀστρολόγος (astrológos, “astronomer, astrologer”).
Noun
astralaí m (genitive singular astralaí, nominative plural astralaithe)
- astrologer
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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astralaí
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n-astralaí
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hastralaí
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not applicable
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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) “astralaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “astrolaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “astrologer”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Entries containing “astralaí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.