daltán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish daltán. By surface analysis, dalta (“student, pupil; foster child”) +‎ -án.

Noun

daltán m (genitive singular daltáin, nominative plural daltáin)

1. (little) foster child; young pupil

Declension

Declension of daltán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative daltán daltáin Vocative a dhaltáin a dhaltána Genitive daltáin daltán Dative daltán daltáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an daltán na daltáin Genitive an daltáin na ndaltán Dative leis an daltán don daltán leis na daltáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daltán	dhaltán	ndaltán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daltán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “daltán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From daltae +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdal͈taːn/

Noun

daltán m

1. (term of endearment) little foster child, little pupil

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	daltán	daltánL	daltáinL
Vocative	daltáin	daltánL	daltánuH
Accusative	daltánN	daltánL	daltánuH
Genitive	daltáinL	daltán	daltánN
Dative	daltánL	daltánaib	daltánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
daltán	daltán pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndaltán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “daltán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language