alltar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish alltar (“the next world, the hereafter; remote place”).

Noun

alltar m (genitive singular alltair, nominative plural alltair)

1. (with article) the far country; the other world.
2. remote place, hinterland

Declension

Declension of alltar (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative alltar alltair vocative a alltair a alltara genitive alltair alltar dative alltar alltair forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-alltar na halltair genitive an alltair na n-alltar dative leis an alltar don alltar leis na halltair

Derived terms

• alltarach (“beyond, on the far side”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of alltar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alltar	n-alltar	halltar	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “alltar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “alltar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From al (“beyond”, variant of oll) +‎ -tar (noun-forming suffix), for the first part compare tall, anall, for the second part cenntar, íarthar, úachtar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪.t̪əɾ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈal̪.t̪aɾ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈal̪.t̪əɾ]

Noun

alltar n (genitive alltair, no plural)

1. the next world, hereafter

   Antonym: cenntar

2. a distant place

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	alltarN	alltarN	alltarL
vocative	alltarN	alltarN	alltarL
accusative	alltarN	alltarN	alltarL
genitive	alltairL	alltar	alltarN
dative	alltarL, altur	alltaraib	alltaraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• alltarach

Descendants

• Middle Irish: alltar
  • Irish: alltar

Mutation

Mutation of alltar

radical	lenition	nasalization
alltar (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	alltar	n-alltar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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