alltar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish alltar (“the next world, the hereafter; remote place”).

Noun

alltar m (genitive singular alltair, nominative plural alltair)

  1. (with article) the far country; the other world.
  2. remote place, hinterland

Declension

Declension of alltar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative alltar alltair
vocative a alltair a alltara
genitive alltair alltar
dative alltar alltair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-alltar na halltair
genitive an alltair na n-alltar
dative leis an alltar
don alltar 		leis na halltair

Derived terms

  • alltarach (“beyond, on the far side”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of alltar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alltar n-alltar halltar 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

Old Irish

Etymology

From al (“beyond”, variant of oll[1]) +‎ -tar (noun-forming suffix), for the first part compare tall, anall, for the second part cenntar, íarthar, úachtar.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [al͈tər]

Noun

alltar n (genitive alltair, no plural)

  1. the next world, hereafter
    Antonym: cenntar
  2. a distant place

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative alltarN alltarN alltarL
vocative alltarN alltarN alltarL
accusative alltarN alltarN alltarL
genitive alltairL alltar alltarN
dative alltarL, altur alltaraib alltaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: alltar

Mutation

Mutation of alltar
radical lenition nasalization
alltar
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 alltar n-alltar

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

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 825, page 500; reprinted 2017
  2. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 266, page 170; reprinted 2017

Further reading

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