alltar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish alltar (“the next world, the hereafter; remote place”).

Noun

alltar m (genitive singular alltair, nominative plural alltair)

  1. (with article) the far country; the other world.
  2. remote place, hinterland

Declension
Declension of alltar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alltar alltair
Vocative a alltair a alltara
Genitive alltair alltar
Dative alltar alltair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-alltar na halltair
Genitive an alltair na n-alltar
Dative leis an alltar

don alltar

 leis na halltair

Derived terms
  • alltarach (“beyond, on the far side”, adjective)

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From all (“beyond”, variant of oll[1]) +‎ -tar (noun-forming suffix), for the first part compare tall, anall, for the second part cenntar, íarthar, úachtar.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [al͈tər]

Noun

alltar n (genitive alltair, no plural)

  1. the next world, hereafter
    Antonym: cenntar
  2. a distant place

Inflection
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative alltarN alltarN alltarL
Vocative alltarN alltarN alltarL
Accusative alltarN alltarN alltarL
Genitive alltairL alltar alltarN
Dative alltarL, altur alltaraib alltaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: alltar

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
alltar unchanged n-alltar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 825, page 500
  2. Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 266, page 170

Further reading
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