gallda

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gallda.[1] By surface analysis, Gall (“foreigner”) +‎ -da.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gallda

  1. foreign
  2. English (in an Irish context), anglicized
  3. (dated) Anglo-Irish, Protestant

Declension

Declension of gallda
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative gallda ghallda gallda;
ghallda2
vocative ghallda gallda
genitive gallda gallda gallda
dative gallda;
ghallda1 		ghallda gallda;
ghallda2
Comparative níos gallda
Superlative is gallda

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gallda
radical lenition eclipsis
gallda ghallda ngallda

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gallda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 77, page 44
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 120

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Gall +‎ -da.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gallda

  1. foreign (especially Norse or English)
  2. having foreign connections or ways

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: gallda, gallta (Ulster)
  • Scottish Gaelic: Gallta

Mutation

Mutation of gallda
radical lenition nasalization
gallda gallda
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngallda

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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