allaidh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish allaid (“wild, undomesticated”).

Adjective

allaidh (genitive singular feminine allaidhe, plural allaidhe, comparative allaidhe)

1. Alternative form of allta (“wild”)

Declension

Declension of allaidh

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	allaidh	allaidh	allaidhe
Vocative	allaidh		allaidhe
Genitive		allaidhe	allaidhe	allaidh
Dative	allaidh	allaidh	allaidhe
Comparative	níos allaidhe
Superlative	is allaidhe

Etymology 2

Noun

allaidh m

1. genitive singular of alladh

Mutation

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

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “allaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “allaidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• alla
• allda
• allmhaidh
• alltaidh
• alluigh

Etymology

From Old Irish allaid (“wild, undomesticated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɫi/

Adjective

allaidh

1. wild, fierce

Derived terms

• agh-allaidh f (“buffalo, wild cow; stag”)
• bó-allaidh f (“buffalo; furious ox”)
• cù-allaidh m, madadh-allaidh m (“wolf”)
• damh-allaidh m (“wild ox; wild stag; pygarg”)
• damhan-allaidh m (“spider”)
• faol-allaidh (“wolf; wild dog”)
• gabhar-allaidh f, gobhar-allaidh m (“chamois”)
• laogh-allaidh m (“fawn”)
• madrach-allaidh (“wolves”)
• os-allaidh m (“elk, deer, stag”)
• tarbh-allaidh m (“buffalo”)
• torc allaidh m (“wild boar”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “allaidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “allaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language