ailteán

Irish

Etymology

From ailt (“steep-sided glen; ravine”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

ailteán m (genitive singular ailteáin, nominative plural ailteáin)

  1. diminutive of ailt
  2. (geography) small ravine

Declension

Declension of ailteán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ailteán ailteáin
vocative a ailteáin a ailteána
genitive ailteáin ailteán
dative ailteán ailteáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ailteán na hailteáin
genitive an ailteáin na n-ailteán
dative leis an ailteán
don ailteán 		leis na hailteáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailteán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ailteán n-ailteán hailteán not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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