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allaidh
allaidh
Irish
Adjective
allaidh (genitive singular feminine allaidhe, plural allaidhe, comparative allaidhe)
- Alternative form of allta (“wild”)
Declension
Declension of allaidh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | allaidh | allaidh¹ | allaidhe³ | |
| Vocative | allaidh¹ | allaidh¹ | allaidhe | |
| Genitive | allaidh¹ | allaidhe | allaidhe | allaidh |
| Dative | allaidh² | allaidh¹ | allaidhe³ | |
| Comparative | allaidhe | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Etymology 2
Noun
allaidh m
- genitive singular of alladh
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| allaidh | n-allaidh | hallaidh | t-allaidh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “allaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- "allaidh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- alla
- allda
- allmhaidh
- alltaidh
- alluigh
Etymology
From Old Irish allaid (“wild, undomesticated”).
Adjective
allaidh
Derived terms
Terms derived from allaidh
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References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “allaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.