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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish daltán. By surface analysis, dalta (“student, pupil; foster child”) + -án.
Noun
daltán m (genitive singular daltáin, nominative plural daltáin)
- (little) foster child; young pupil
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| daltán
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dhaltán
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ndaltán
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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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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daltán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “daltán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Etymology
From daltae + -án.
Pronunciation
Noun
daltán m
- (term of endearment) little foster child, little pupil
Declension
| Masculine o-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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daltán
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daltánL
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daltáinL
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| Vocative
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daltáin
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daltánL
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daltánuH
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| Accusative
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daltánN
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daltánL
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daltánuH
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| Genitive
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daltáinL
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daltán
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daltánN
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| Dative
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daltánL
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daltánaib
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daltánaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| daltán
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daltán
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
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ndaltán
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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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