ialtóg

Irish

Alternative forms

• fialtóg
• ialltóg (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish *íaltóc (compare Scottish Gaelic ialtag), from Old Irish íatlu (“bat”) (compare now obsolete iathla) + -óc.

Noun

ialtóg f (genitive singular ialtóige, nominative plural ialtóga)

1. bat (animal)

Declension

Declension of ialtóg (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ialtóg ialtóga vocative a ialtóg a ialtóga genitive ialtóige ialtóg dative ialtóg ialtóig (archaic, dialectal) ialtóga forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an ialtóg na hialtóga genitive na hialtóige na n-ialtóg dative leis an ialtóg leis an ialtóig (archaic, dialectal) don ialtóg don ialtóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na hialtóga

Synonyms

• amadáinín
• bás dorcha
• eitleog
• eitleog leathair
• ialtóg leathair
• leadhbán leathair
• leadhbóg leathair
• leidhbín leathair
• sciathán leathair

Derived terms

• crú-ialtóg (“horseshoe bat”)
• ialtóg leathair

Mutation

Mutated forms of ialtóg

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ialtóg	n-ialtóg	hialtóg	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “iaṫla”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 588; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ialtóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN