altram

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish altram, an older verbal noun of ailid (“nourishes; rears, fosters”) (compare oiliúint f).

Noun

altram m (genitive singular altrama)

fosterage

Declension

Declension of altram

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	altram
Vocative	a altram
Genitive	altrama
Dative	altram

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-altram
Genitive	an altrama
Dative	leis an altram don altram

Derived terms

altramaí m (“fosterer, foster-parent”)
altramaigh (“foster”, verb)
altramas m, altramacht f (“fosterage”)

athair altrama m (“foster-father”)
bean altrama f (“wet nurse”)

craobh altrama f (“stock”)
leanbh altrama m (“foster-child”)

mac altrama m (“foster-son”)
máthair altrama f (“foster-mother”)

Related terms

Terms related to altram

altramú m (“fosterage”)
buime f (“foster-mother, nurse”)
comhalta m (“foster-brother, foster-sister”)

dalta m (“foster-child”)
daltán m (“(little) foster-child; young pupil”)
máithrigh (“mother, bear; foster”, verb)

oide m (“foster-father”)
oil (“nourish, rear, foster; train, educate”, verb)

oiliúint f (“nurture, upbringing, fostering care”)
oiliúnach (“nurturing, fostering”, adjective)

Mutation

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

References

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

altramm

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈal͈tram/

Noun

altram n (genitive altrammae)

verbal noun of ailid

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Irish: altram
Scottish Gaelic: altram

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
altram	unchanged	n-altram
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“altram(m)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish altram, verbal noun of ailid (“nourishes; rears, fosters”).

Noun

altram m (genitive singular altraim)

verbal noun of altraim
fostering, nourishing, nursing, rearing

Derived terms

Terms derived from altram

bràthair-altraim m (“foster-brother”)
leanabh-altraim m (“foster-child, nursling”)

màthair-altraim f (“nurse”)
oide-altraim m (“foster-father”)

seòmar-altraim m (“nursery”)
taigh-altraim m (“nursing home”)

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
“altram(m)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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