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ailteán

ailteán

Irish

Noun

ailteán m ‎(genitive singular ailteáin, nominative plural ailteáin)

diminutive of ailt
(geography) small ravine

Declension

Declension of ailteán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ailteán	ailteáin
Vocative	a ailteáin	a ailteána
Genitive	ailteáin	ailteán
Dative	ailteán	ailteáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-ailteán	na hailteáin
Genitive	an ailteáin	na n-ailteán
Dative	leis an ailteán don ailteán	leis na hailteáin

Mutation

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

References

"ailteán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.