malairt

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish malart, malairt (“damage, injury, destruction: maltreating, injuring”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmˠalˠəɾˠtʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɔlˠəɾˠtʲ/ (as if spelled molairt)[1]

Noun

malairt f (genitive singular malairte, nominative plural malairtí)

  1. (literary) destruction
  2. change; alternative
  3. exchange, barter
  4. (finance) exchange

Declension

Declension of malairt (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative malairt malairtí
vocative a mhalairt a mhalairtí
genitive malairte malairtí
dative malairt malairtí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mhalairt na malairtí
genitive na malairte na malairtí
dative leis an malairt
don mhalairt 		leis na malairtí

Derived terms

  • malartaigh (“destroy; change; exchange, barter; substitute”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of malairt
radical lenition eclipsis
malairt mhalairt 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

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 13

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish malart, malairt (“destruction”, later meaning “change, changing; exchange, exchanging”).

Noun

malairt f (genitive singular malairt, plural malairtean)

  1. interchange, trade exchange
  2. barter, business, commerce
  3. traffic (illegal trade)
  4. variant
  5. verbal noun of malairt

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish malartaid (“changes; exchanges, barters”), from Old Irish malartaid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”).

Verb

malairt (past mhalairt, future malairtidh, verbal noun malairt, past participle malairte)

  1. bandy, exchange
    Synonym: malairtich

Mutation

Mutation of malairt
radical lenition
malairt mhalairt

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

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