altair

See also: Altair

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈal̪ˠt̪ˠəɾʲ]

Verb

altair

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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

Etymology

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

Noun

altair f (genitive singular altrach, plural altraichean)

  1. altar

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
altairn-altairh-altairt-altair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “altóir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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