folt

See also: følt

Hungarian

Etymology

Native word, probably from fal (“to devour”) +‎ -t (noun-forming suffix), presumably with the original sense “part, piece”. Doublet of falat (“bite”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfolt]
  • Rhymes: -olt

Noun

folt (plural foltok)

  1. stain, spot, blotch
  2. patch
  3. blemish

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative folt foltok
accusative foltot foltokat
dative foltnak foltoknak
instrumental folttal foltokkal
causal-final foltért foltokért
translative folttá foltokká
terminative foltig foltokig
essive-formal foltként foltokként
essive-modal — —
inessive foltban foltokban
superessive folton foltokon
adessive foltnál foltoknál
illative foltba foltokba
sublative foltra foltokra
allative folthoz foltokhoz
elative foltból foltokból
delative foltról foltokról
ablative folttól foltoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		folté foltoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		foltéi foltokéi
Possessive forms of folt
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. foltom foltjaim
2nd person sing. foltod foltjaid
3rd person sing. foltja foltjai
1st person plural foltunk foltjaink
2nd person plural foltotok foltjaitok
3rd person plural foltjuk foltjaik

Derived terms

Expressions
  • megtalálja zsák a foltját

References

  1. ^ folt in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • folt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish folt, from Proto-Celtic *woltos (compare Cornish gols, Old Breton guolt, Welsh gwallt), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₂- (compare English wold, Lithuanian váltis (“oat awn”), Serbo-Croatian vlȃt (“ear (of wheat)”), Ancient Greek λάσιος (lásios, “hairy”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠɞl̪ˠt̪ˠ/[1], /fˠɞl̪ˠh/

Noun

folt m (genitive singular foilt, nominative plural foilt)

  1. hair (of head); locks, tresses

Declension

Declension of folt (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative folt foilt
vocative a fhoilt a fholta
genitive foilt folt
dative folt foilt
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an folt na foilt
genitive an fhoilt na bhfolt
dative leis an bhfolt
don fholt 		leis na foilt

Derived terms

  • claonfholt m (“flowing locks”)
  • folt bé (“maidenhair”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of folt
radical lenition eclipsis
folt fholt bhfolt

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 24, page 14

Further reading

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish folt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /folt/

Noun

folt m (genitive singular fuilt, plural fuilt)

  1. hair
    Ta’n folt echey ny hassoo er.
    His hair sticks up.
    Ta’n folt echey tuittym magh.
    His hair is falling out.
    Ta’n folt eck cass-lhoobagh.
    Her hair is thickly curled.
    Ta’n folt eck sheeley sheese y dreeym eck.
    Her hair is hanging down her back.
    Va’n folt echey baarit dy lhome.
    His hair was cut close.
    Va’n folt echey tuittym neose harrish e gheayltyn.
    His hair fell over his shoulders.

Mutation

Mutation of folt
radical lenition eclipsis
folt olt volt

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • folet

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French folet (“fool”).

Noun

folt (plural folts)

  1. a fool

Derived terms

  • folten, foltin
  • folthēd, foltheed
  • foltisch

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *woltos (compare Cornish gols, Old Breton guolt, Welsh gwallt), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₂- (compare English wold, Lithuanian váltis (“oat awn”), Serbo-Croatian vlȃt (“ear (of wheat)”), Ancient Greek λάσιος (lásios, “hairy”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸol͈t]

Noun

folt m (genitive fuilt, nominative plural fuilt)

  1. hair

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative folt foltL fuiltL
vocative fuilt foltL fultuH
accusative foltN foltL fultuH
genitive fuiltL folt foltN
dative foltL foltaib foltaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: folt
  • Manx: folt
  • Scottish Gaelic: falt

Mutation

Mutation of folt
radical lenition nasalization
folt ḟolt folt
pronounced with /β̃-/

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian folt.

Noun

folt n (plural folturi)

  1. patch
  2. rag

Declension

Declension of folt
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative folt foltul folturi folturile
genitive-dative folt foltului folturi folturilor
vocative foltule folturilor

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English volt, from the name of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔlt/

Noun

folt m (plural foltau or foltiau, not mutable)

  1. (physics) volt

Derived terms

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “folt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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