alltar
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish alltar (“the next world, the hereafter; remote place”).
Noun
editalltar m (genitive singular alltair, nominative plural alltair)
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- alltarach (“beyond, on the far side”, adjective)
Mutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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alltar | n-alltar | halltar | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alltar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “alltar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom all (“beyond”, variant of oll[1]) + -tar (noun-forming suffix), for the first part compare tall, anall, for the second part cenntar, íarthar, úachtar.[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalltar n (genitive alltair, no plural)
Inflection
editNeuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | alltarN | alltarN | alltarL |
Vocative | alltarN | alltarN | alltarL |
Accusative | alltarN | alltarN | alltarL |
Genitive | alltairL | alltar | alltarN |
Dative | alltarL, altur | alltaraib | alltaraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
editDescendants
editMutation
editradical | lenition | nasalization |
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alltar (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-alltar |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 825, page 500; reprinted 2017
- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 266, page 170; reprinted 2017
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “alltar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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