saltair

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).

Noun

saltair f (genitive singular saltrach, nominative plural saltracha)

  1. (Christianity) psalter
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

saltair

  1. Alternative form of satail (“tread, tramp; trample”)

Etymology 3

Noun

saltair f

  1. Alternative form of altair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
saltair shaltair
after an, tsaltair		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).

Noun

saltair n, f (genitive saltrach)

  1. (Christianity) the psalter (the psalms of David)
  2. psalter (the book in which psalms were written)
  3. book

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Mutation

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

References

  • “saltair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).

Noun

saltair f (plural saltairean)

  1. (Christianity) psalter
  2. (Christianity) psaltery
  3. chronicle
  4. saltmonger

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
saltair shaltair
after "an", t-saltair
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
  • “saltair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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