dalta

See also: daltă

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish daltae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠalˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

dalta m (genitive singular dalta, nominative plural daltaí)

1. foster child
2. pupil; disciple
3. student; ex-student, alumnus
4. cadet
5. mentee
6. pet, fondling

Declension

Declension of dalta (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dalta daltaí vocative a dhalta a dhaltaí genitive dalta daltaí dative dalta daltaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dalta na daltaí genitive an dalta na ndaltaí dative leis an dalta don dalta leis na daltaí

Synonyms

• (student): mac léinn
• (cadet): dalta airm

Coordinate terms

• (pupil, student): múinteoir
• (mentee): oide

Related terms

• daltachas m (“fosterage; pupilage”)
• daltas m (“cadetship”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dalta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dalta	dhalta	ndalta

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

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdalta]

Noun

dalta f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of daltă

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish daltae.

Noun

dalta m (genitive singular dalta, plural daltan or daltachan or daltaichean)

1. stepchild
2. foster child, fosterling
3. godchild

Related terms

• daltachas
• daltachd
• daltag
• daltan

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “daltae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Etymology

Unknown. First attested in 1916.

Verb

dalta (present daltar, preterite daltade, supine daltat, imperative dalta)

1. coddle excessively; pamper

Conjugation

Conjugation of dalta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dalta		daltas
Supine	daltat		daltats
Imperative	dalta		—
Imper. plural1	dalten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	daltar	daltade	daltas	daltades
Ind. plural1	dalta	daltade	daltas	daltades
Subjunctive2	dalte	daltade	daltes	daltades
	Participles
Present participle	daltande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• dalt

References

• dalta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dalta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dalta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• adlat, dalat, talad