alpartha

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

alpartha

1. greedy
2. stout, burly

Related terms

• alp (“devour, swallow whole; grab”, transitive verb)
• alpaire m (“voracious eater; grabber; large stone”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alpartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alpartha”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm