allta

See also: állta

Irish

Alternative forms

alla
allaidh

Etymology

From Old Irish allaid, allta (“wild, undomesticated”) (compare Scottish Gaelic allaidh).

Adjective

allta

wild

Derived terms

Terms derived from allta

alltacht f (“wildness”)
alltán m (“monster; wild person”)

alltathír f (“wild, rough, country”)
beithíoch allta m (“wild beast”)

cú allta m, madra alla m, madra allta m (“wolf”)
torc allta m (“wild boar”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

"allta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“allaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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