áladh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish álad m (“wound”), from Proto-Celtic *aglotus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ-lo- (“distress”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈalˠu/, /ˈal̪ˠu/

Noun

áladh m (genitive singular álaidh, nominative plural álaidh)

1. wound
2. lunge, thrust (of spear, etc.)

Declension

Declension of áladh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative áladh álaidh Vocative a álaidh a áladha Genitive álaidh áladh Dative áladh álaidh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-áladh na hálaidh Genitive an álaidh na n-áladh Dative leis an áladh don áladh leis na hálaidh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áladh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 álad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 81