ált

See also: alt, atl, Alt, alt-, Alt., and ált.

Irish

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /aːl̪ˠt̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

ált m (genitive singular áilt, nominative plural áilt) (Ulster)

Alternative form of ailt (“steep-sided glen; ravine”)
Alternative form of aill (“cliff, precipice”)

Declension

Declension of ált

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ált	áilt
Vocative	a áilt	a álta
Genitive	áilt	ált
Dative	ált	áilt

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-ált	na háilt
Genitive	an áilt	na n-ált
Dative	leis an ált don ált	leis na háilt

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ált	n-ált	hált	t-ált
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ált”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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