altán

See also: altan, Altan, áltán, and ältan

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare ailt (“steep-sided glen; ravine”), alt (“hillock”).

Noun

altán m (genitive singular altáin, nominative plural altáin)

1. streamlet
2. ravine
3. hillock

Declension

Declension of altán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative altán altáin Vocative a altáin a altána Genitive altáin altán Dative altán altáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-altán na haltáin Genitive an altáin na n-altán Dative leis an altán don altán leis na haltáin

Alternative forms

• áltán

Synonyms

• caislín, sreabhán, sruthlán

Etymology 2

Noun

altán m (genitive singular altáin)

1. Synonym of altán scine (“sharp knife”)

Declension

Declension of altán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative altán Vocative a altáin Genitive altáin Dative altán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-altán Genitive an altáin Dative leis an altán don altán

Alternative forms

• altan f

Mutation

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