malairt

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish malart, malairt (“damage, injury, destruction: maltreating, injuring”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmˠalˠəɾˠtʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɔlˠəɾˠtʲ/ (as if spelled molairt)[1]

Noun

malairt f (genitive singular malairte, nominative plural malairtí)

  1. (literary) destruction
  2. change; alternative
  3. exchange, barter
  4. (finance) exchange

Declension
Declension of malairt

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative malairt malairtí
Vocative a mhalairt a mhalairtí
Genitive malairte malairtí
Dative malairt malairtí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhalairt na malairtí
Genitive na malairte na malairtí
Dative leis an malairt

don mhalairt

 leis na malairtí

Derived terms
  • malartaigh (“destroy; change; exchange, barter; substitute”, verb)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
malairt mhalairt not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 13

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish malart, malairt (“destruction”, later meaning “change, changing; exchange, exchanging”).

Noun

malairt f (genitive singular malairt, plural malairtean)

  1. interchange, trade exchange
  2. barter, business, commerce
  3. traffic (illegal trade)
  4. variant
  5. verbal noun of malairt

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish malartaid (“changes; exchanges, barters”), from Old Irish malartaid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”).

Verb

malairt (past mhalairt, future malairtidh, verbal noun malairt, past participle malairte)

  1. bandy, exchange
    Synonym: malairtich

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
malairtmhalairt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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