altóir

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish altóir f (compare Scottish Gaelic altair), borrowed from Latin altar, altāre, altaria, from adoleō (“I burn”), influenced in form by altus (“high”).

Noun

altóir f (genitive singular altóra or altórach, nominative plural altóirí or altóracha)

1. altar
2. funeral offering

Declension

Declension of altóir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative altóir altóirí vocative a altóir a altóirí genitive altóra altóirí dative altóir altóirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an altóir na haltóirí genitive na haltóra na n-altóirí dative leis an altóir don altóir leis na haltóirí

Alternative declension

Declension of altóir (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative altóir altóracha vocative a altóir a altóracha genitive altórach altóracha dative altóir altóracha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an altóir na haltóracha genitive na haltórach na n-altóracha dative leis an altóir don altóir leis na haltóracha

Derived terms

• béal altóra (“front of altar”)
• brat altóra (“altar-cloth, vestment”)
• clabhar altóra m (“retable”)
• cloch altóra (“altar-stone”)
• cuach altóra (“ciborium”)
• cúlscáthlán altóra (“reredos”)
• dealbh altóra (“altar-piece”)
• éadach altóra (“altar-cloth”)
• éadan altóra (“front of altar”)
• feisteas altóra (“altar furnishings”)
• fíon altóra (“altar wine”)
• pictiúr altóra (“altar-piece”)
• ráillí altóra (“altar-rails”)
• scáthlán altóra (“altar-screen”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of altóir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
altóir	n-altóir	haltóir	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “altóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language