altram

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish altram, an older verbal noun of ailid (“nourishes; rears, fosters”) (compare oiliúint f).

Noun

altram m (genitive singular altrama)

  1. fosterage

Declension

Declension of altram (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative altram
vocative a altram
genitive altrama
dative altram
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-altram
genitive an altrama
dative leis an altram
don altram

Derived terms

  • altramacht f (“fosterage”)
  • altramaí m (“fosterer, foster-parent”)
  • altramaigh (“foster”, verb)
  • altramas m (“fosterage”)
  • altramú m (“fosterage”)
  • athair altrama m (“foster-father”)
  • bean altrama f (“wet nurse”)
  • craobh altrama f (“stock”)
  • leanbh altrama m (“foster-child”)
  • mac altrama m (“foster-son”)
  • máthair altrama f (“foster-mother”)

See also

  • buime f (“foster-mother, nurse”)
  • comhalta m (“foster-brother, foster-sister”)
  • dalta m (“foster-child”)
  • daltán m (“(little) foster-child; young pupil”)
  • máithrigh (“mother, bear; foster”, verb)
  • oide m (“foster-father”)
  • oil (“nourish, rear, foster; train, educate”, verb)
  • oiliúint f (“nurture, upbringing, fostering care”)
  • oiliúnach (“nurturing, fostering”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of altram
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
altram n-altram haltram t-altram

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

References

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • altramm

Etymology

From *altar m (“fosterage”), which occurs in compounds such as míaltar (“bad fosterage”), from Proto-Celtic *altrom.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈal͈tram]

Noun

altram m (genitive altrama)

  1. verbal noun of ailid

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative altram altramL altramae
vocative altram altramL altramu
accusative altramN altramL altramu
genitive altramoH, altramaH altramo, altrama altramaeN
dative altramL altramaib altramaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: altram
  • Scottish Gaelic: altram

Mutation

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

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, § 731, page 452; reprinted 2017

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish altram, verbal noun of ailid (“nourishes; rears, fosters”).

Noun

altram m (genitive singular altraim)

  1. verbal noun of altraim
  2. fostering, nourishing, nursing, rearing

Derived terms

  • bràthair-altraim m (“foster-brother”)
  • leanabh-altraim m (“foster-child, nursling”)
  • màthair-altraim f (“nurse”)
  • oide-altraim m (“foster-father”)
  • seòmar-altraim m (“nursery”)
  • taigh-altraim m (“nursing home”)

Mutation

Mutation of altram
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
altram n-altram h-altram t-altram

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “altram”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altram(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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