malairt

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish malart, malairt (“damage, injury, destruction: maltreating, injuring”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmˠalˠəɾˠtʲ/

Noun

malairt f (genitive singular malairte, nominative plural malairtí)

  1. (literary) destruction
  2. change; alternative
  3. exchange, barter
  4. (finance) exchange

Declension

Derived terms

  • malartaigh (“destroy; change; exchange, barter; substitute”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
malairt mhalairt not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish malart, malairt (“destruction”), later meaning “change, changing; exchange, exchanging”.

Noun

malairt f (genitive singular malairt, plural malairtean)

  1. interchange, trade exchange
  2. barter, business, commerce
  3. traffic (illegal trade)
  4. variant
  5. verbal noun of malairt

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish malartaid (“changes; exchanges, barters”), from Old Irish malartaid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”).

Verb

malairt (past mhalairt, future malairtidh, verbal noun malairt, past participle malairte)

  1. bandy, exchange
Synonyms
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