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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish rosualt, from Old Norse hrosshvalr (literally “horse-whale”), from hross (“horse”) + hvalr (“whale”).
Noun
rosualt m (genitive singular rosuailt, nominative plural rosuailt)
- walrus
Declension
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rosualt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rosualt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rosualt”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “rosualt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025