albastar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English alabaster, from Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster (“box for perfume made of alabaster”), from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “vase made of alabaster”).

Noun

albastar m (genitive singular albastair, nominative plural albastair)

1. alabaster

Declension

Declension of albastar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative albastar albastair Vocative a albastair a albastara Genitive albastair albastar Dative albastar albastair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-albastar na halbastair Genitive an albastair na n-albastar Dative leis an albastar don albastar leis na halbastair

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “albastar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “alabaster”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “albastar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.