gealt

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish geilt, gelt, from Proto-Celtic *gʷeltis (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰel-t-, whence perhaps also English wild. Cognate with Welsh gwyllt (“wild”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gealt f (genitive singular geilte, nominative plural gealta)

  1. crazy person, lunatic

Declension

Declension of gealt (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gealt gealta
vocative a ghealt a ghealta
genitive geilte gealt
dative gealt
geilt (archaic, dialectal) 		gealta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghealt na gealta
genitive na geilte na ngealt
dative leis an ngealt
leis an ngeilt (archaic, dialectal)
don ghealt
don gheilt (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na gealta

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gealt
radical lenition eclipsis
gealt ghealt ngealt

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

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