From fáil (verbal noun of faigh) + -tas.
fáltas m (genitive singular fáltais, nominative plural fáltais)
- profit (total income or cash flow minus expenditures), gain
- Synonyms: brabús, brabach
- (in the plural) proceeds, receipts, takings
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- “fáltas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fagáltas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fáġaltas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 291
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáltas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN