gallda

See also: Gallda

Irish

Alternative forms

• gallta (Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish gallda. By surface analysis, Gall (“foreigner”) +‎ -da.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑul̪ˠd̪ˠə/

Adjective

gallda

1. foreign
2. English (in an Irish context), anglicized
3. (dated) Anglo-Irish, Protestant

Declension

Declension of gallda

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gallda	ghallda	gallda; ghallda²
Vocative	ghallda		gallda
Genitive		gallda	gallda	gallda
Dative	gallda; ghallda¹	ghallda	gallda; ghallda²
Comparative	níos gallda
Superlative	is gallda

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• aiteann gallda
• bláthnaid ghallda
• cnó gallda
• galldachas
• galldacht
• galldaigh
• galldú
• giorria gallda
• míle gallda
• raithneach ghallda

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gallda	ghallda	ngallda
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gallda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gallda”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gallda”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Old Irish

Etymology

From Gall +‎ -da.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡal͈da]

Adjective

gallda

1. foreign (especially Norse or English)
2. having foreign connections or ways

Derived terms

• galldach
• galldacht

 

Descendants

• Irish: gallda
• Scottish Gaelic: Gallta

Mutation

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

References

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