goltraí

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish goltraige. By surface analysis, gol (“weeping”) +‎ -traí (“type of music”).

Noun

goltraí f (genitive singular goltraí, nominative plural goltraithe)

  1. sorrowful music
  2. elegy, threnody, dirge, keen
  3. lament, lamentation

Declension

Declension of goltraí (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative goltraí goltraithe
vocative a gholtraí a gholtraithe
genitive goltraí goltraithe
dative goltraí goltraithe
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gholtraí na goltraithe
genitive na goltraí na ngoltraithe
dative leis an ngoltraí
don gholtraí 		leis na goltraithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of goltraí
radical lenition eclipsis
goltraí gholtraí ngoltraí

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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