alpartha
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]alpartha
Related terms
[edit]- alp (“devour, swallow whole; grab”, transitive verb)
- alpaire m (“voracious eater; grabber; large stone”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| alpartha | n-alpartha | halpartha | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alpartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alpartha”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm