altair

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See also: Altair

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈal̪ˠt̪ˠəɾʲ]

Verb[edit]

altair

  1. (Munster, literary) second-person singular present indicative of alt

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
altair n-altair haltair not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish altóir, from Latin altar, altāre, altaria, from adoleō (I burn), influenced in form by altus (high).

Noun[edit]

altair f (genitive singular altrach, plural altraichean)

  1. altar

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
altair n-altair h-altair t-altair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “altair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “altóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language