rosualt

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish rosualt, from Old Norse hrosshvalr (literally “horse-whale”), from hross (“horse”) + hvalr (“whale”).

Noun

rosualt m (genitive singular rosuailt, nominative plural rosuailt)

walrus

Declension

Declension of rosualt

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rosualt	rosuailt
Vocative	a rosuailt	a rosualta
Genitive	rosuailt	rosualt
Dative	rosualt	rosuailt

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an rosualt	na rosuailt
Genitive	an rosuailt	na rosualt
Dative	leis an rosualt don rosualt	leis na rosuailt

Further reading

“rosualt” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
"rosualt" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “rosualt” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “rosualt” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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