alltán

Irish

Alternative forms

• alatán

Etymology

From allta (“wild”, adjective) +‎ -án.

Noun

alltán m (genitive singular alltáin, nominative plural alltáin)

1. monster; wild person

Declension

Declension of alltán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative alltán alltáin Vocative a alltáin a alltána Genitive alltáin alltán Dative alltán alltáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-alltán na halltáin Genitive an alltáin na n-alltán Dative leis an alltán don alltán leis na halltáin

Mutation

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

Further reading

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