folt

See also: følt

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfolt]
• Rhymes: -olt

Noun

folt (plural foltok)

1. stain, spot, blotch
2. patch
3. blemish

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	folt	foltok
accusative	foltot	foltokat
dative	foltnak	foltoknak
instrumental	folttal	foltokkal
causal-final	foltért	foltokért
translative	folttá	foltokká
terminative	foltig	foltokig
essive-formal	foltként	foltokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	foltban	foltokban
superessive	folton	foltokon
adessive	foltnál	foltoknál
illative	foltba	foltokba
sublative	foltra	foltokra
allative	folthoz	foltokhoz
elative	foltból	foltokból
delative	foltról	foltokról
ablative	folttól	foltoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	folté	foltoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	foltéi	foltokéi

Possessive forms of folt
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	foltom	foltjaim
2nd person sing.	foltod	foltjaid
3rd person sing.	foltja	foltjai
1st person plural	foltunk	foltjaink
2nd person plural	foltotok	foltjaitok
3rd person plural	foltjuk	foltjaik

Derived terms

• foltos
• foltoz

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish folt, from Proto-Celtic *woltos (compare Cornish gols, Old Breton guolt, Welsh gwallt), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₂- (compare English wold, Lithuanian váltis (“oat awn”), Serbo-Croatian vlȃt (“ear (of wheat)”), Ancient Greek λάσιος (lásios, “hairy”)).

Noun

folt m (genitive singular foilt, nominative plural foilt)

1. hair (of head); locks, tresses

Declension

Declension of folt

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative folt foilt Vocative a fhoilt a fholta Genitive foilt folt Dative folt foilt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an folt na foilt Genitive an fhoilt na bhfolt Dative leis an bhfolt don fholt leis na foilt

Derived terms

• claonfholt m (“flowing locks”)
• folt bé (“maidenhair”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
folt	fholt	bhfolt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "folt" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish folt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [folt̪]

Noun

folt m (genitive singular fuilt, plural fuilt)

1. hair

   Ta’n folt echey ny hassoo er.

   His hair sticks up.

   Ta’n folt echey tuittym magh.

   His hair is falling out.

   Ta’n folt eck cass-lhoobagh.

   Her hair is thickly curled.

   Ta’n folt eck sheeley sheese y dreeym eck.

   Her hair is hanging down her back.

   Va’n folt echey baarit dy lhome.

   His hair was cut close.

   Va’n folt echey tuittym neose harrish e gheayltyn.

   His hair fell over his shoulders.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
folt	olt	volt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• folet

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French folet (“fool”).

Noun

folt (plural folts)

1. a fool

Derived terms

• folten, foltin
• folthēd, foltheed
• foltisch

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *woltos (compare Cornish gols, Old Breton guolt, Welsh gwallt), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₂- (compare English wold, Lithuanian váltis (“oat awn”), Serbo-Croatian vlȃt (“ear (of wheat)”), Ancient Greek λάσιος (lásios, “hairy”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fol͈t/

Noun

folt m (genitive fuilt, nominative plural fuilt)

1. hair

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	folt	foltL	fuiltL
Vocative	fuilt	foltL	fultuH
Accusative	foltN	foltL	fultuH
Genitive	fuiltL	folt	foltN
Dative	foltL	foltaib	foltaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: folt
• Manx: folt
• Scottish Gaelic: falt

Mutation

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