ailt

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɪl̠ʲtʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish alt (“height, cliff”), from Proto-Celtic *altos (compare Welsh allt).

Noun

ailt f (genitive singular ailte, nominative plural ailteanna)

  1. (geography) steep-sided glen; ravine
Declension
Declension of ailt

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ailt ailteanna
Vocative a ailt a ailteanna
Genitive ailte ailteanna
Dative ailt ailteanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ailt na hailteanna
Genitive na hailte na n-ailteanna
Dative leis an ailt

don ailt

 leis na hailteanna
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ailt m

  1. inflection of alt (“joint, juncture; alto”):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ailt n-ailt hailt not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /altʲ/

Noun

ailt f

  1. viola (string instrument of the violin family)
    Synonym: ailt-fhidheall

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ailtn-ailth-ailtt-ailt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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