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)

1. 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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íaltóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language