pollta

Irish

Adjective

pollta

1. pierced, holed, perforated, punched
2. cratered, pitted

Noun

pollta m sg

1. genitive singular of polladh (“holing, boring, perforation, penetration”)

Verb

pollta

1. past participle of poll (“hole; puncture, pierce, bore, perforate”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pollta	phollta	bpollta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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