allaidh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish allaid (“wild, undomesticated”).

Adjective

allaidh (genitive singular feminine allaidhe, plural allaidhe, comparative allaidhe)

  1. Alternative form of allta (“wild”)
Declension
Declension of allaidh
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative allaidh allaidh allaidhe
Vocative allaidh allaidhe
Genitive allaidhe allaidhe allaidh
Dative allaidh allaidh allaidhe
Comparative níos allaidhe
Superlative is allaidhe

Noun

allaidh m

  1. genitive singular of alladh

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish allaid (“wild, undomesticated”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaɫi/

Adjective

allaidh

  1. wild, fierce

Derived terms
  • agh-allaidh f (“buffalo, wild cow; stag”)
  • bó-allaidh f (“buffalo; furious ox”)
  • cù-allaidh m, madadh-allaidh m (“wolf”)
  • damh-allaidh m (“wild ox; wild stag; pygarg”)
  • damhan-allaidh m (“spider”)
  • faol-allaidh (“wolf; wild dog”)
  • gabhar-allaidh f, gobhar-allaidh m (“chamois”)
  • laogh-allaidh m (“fawn”)
  • madrach-allaidh (“wolves”)
  • os-allaidh m (“elk, deer, stag”)
  • tarbh-allaidh m (“buffalo”)
  • torc allaidh m (“wild boar”)

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “allaidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “allaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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