daltán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish daltán; synchronically, dalta (“student, pupil; foster child”) +‎ -án.

Noun

daltán m (genitive singular daltáin, nominative plural daltáin)

1. (little) foster child; young pupil

Declension

Declension of daltán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative daltán daltáin Vocative a dhaltáin a dhaltána Genitive daltáin daltán Dative daltán daltáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an daltán na daltáin Genitive an daltáin na ndaltán Dative leis an daltán don daltán leis na daltáin

References

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

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Old Irish

Etymology

From daltae +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdal͈taːn/

Noun

daltán m

1. (term of endearment) little foster child, little pupil

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	daltán	daltánL	daltáinL
Vocative	daltáin	daltánL	daltánuH
Accusative	daltánN	daltánL	daltánuH
Genitive	daltáinL	daltán	daltánN
Dative	daltánL	daltánaib	daltánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
daltán	daltán pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndaltán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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