banaltra

Irish

PIE word
*gʷḗn

From Middle Irish banaltra (“foster-mother, nurse”), from ben (“woman”) (see bean) + altra (“foster-father”) (see altram (“fosterage”)).

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑn̪ˠəɾˠl̪̥ˠhə/ (as if spelt banarlt(h)a, with irregular metathesis of 'ltr' to 'rlt', but regular Munster change of 'lt' to 'lh')
(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲænəl̪ˠt̪ˠɾˠə/[1] (as if spelt beanaltra)
(Conneamara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠanˠəl̪ˠt̪ˠɾˠə/

banaltra f (genitive singular banaltra, nominative plural banaltraí)

Declension of banaltra

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhanaltra	na banaltraí
Genitive	na banaltra	na mbanaltraí
Dative	leis an mbanaltra don bhanaltra	leis na banaltraí

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
banaltra	bhanaltra	mbanaltra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 39

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banaltra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “banaltra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “altra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39

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