goltraí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish goltraige. By surface analysis, gol (“weeping”) +‎ -traí (“type of music”).

Noun

goltraí f (genitive singular goltraí, nominative plural goltraithe)

1. sorrowful music
2. elegy, threnody, dirge, keen
3. lament, lamentation

Declension

Declension of goltraí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative goltraí goltraithe Vocative a gholtraí a gholtraithe Genitive goltraí goltraithe Dative goltraí goltraithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an gholtraí na goltraithe Genitive na goltraí na ngoltraithe Dative leis an ngoltraí don gholtraí leis na goltraithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
goltraí	gholtraí	ngoltraí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goltraí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “goltraí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024