ailt

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish alt (“height, cliff”), from Proto-Celtic *altos (compare Welsh allt).

Noun

ailt f (genitive singular ailte, nominative plural ailteanna)

1. (geography) steep-sided glen; ravine

Declension

Declension of ailt

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ailt ailteanna Vocative a ailt a ailteanna Genitive ailte ailteanna Dative ailt ailteanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ailt na hailteanna Genitive na hailte na n-ailteanna Dative leis an ailt don ailt leis na hailteanna

Derived terms

• ailteán m (“small ravine”)

Related terms

• ail (“stone, rock”)
• aill (“cliff, precipice”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ailt m

1. inflection of alt (“joint, juncture; alto”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ailt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /altʲ/

Noun

ailt f

1. viola (string instrument of the violin family)

Synonyms

• ailt-fhidheall

Mutation

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