ialtóg

Irish

Alternative forms

fialtóg

Etymology

From Middle Irish *íaltóc (compare Scottish Gaelic ialtag), from Old Irish íatlu (“bat”) + -óc.

Noun

ialtóg f (genitive singular ialtóige, nominative plural ialtóga)

bat (animal)
Synonyms: amadáinín, ialtóg leathair, sciathán leathair, leadhbóg leathair, bás dorcha, eitleog, eitleog leathair, leadhbán leathair, leidhbín leathair

Declension

Declension of ialtóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ialtóg	ialtóga
Vocative	a ialtóg	a ialtóga
Genitive	ialtóige	ialtóg
Dative	ialtóg	ialtóga

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ialtóg	na hialtóga
Genitive	na hialtóige	na n-ialtóg
Dative	leis an ialtóg don ialtóg	leis na hialtóga

Derived terms

crú-ialtóg (“horseshoe bat”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ialtóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “íaltóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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