ailte

Irish

Noun 1

ailte f

1. genitive singular of ailt (“steep-sided glen; ravine”)

Noun 2

ailte f pl

1. plural of aile (“clamp, built-up rows of sods on outside of stack of turf”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailte	n-ailte	hailte	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) “ailte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈailʲtʲe/

Adjective

ailte

1. past participle of ailid
2. fostered

   mac ailte

   foster son

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ailte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language