saltair

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).

Noun

saltair f (genitive singular saltrach, nominative plural saltracha)

(Christianity) psalter

Declension

Declension of saltair (fifth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	saltair	saltracha
vocative	a shaltair	a shaltracha
genitive	saltrach	saltracha
dative	saltair	saltracha

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an tsaltair	na saltracha
genitive	na saltrach	na saltracha
dative	leis an tsaltair don tsaltair	leis na saltracha

Etymology 2

Verb

saltair

alternative form of satail (“tread, tramp; trample”)

Etymology 3

Noun

saltair f

alternative form of altair

Mutation

Mutated forms of *saltair*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
saltair	shaltair after an, tsaltair	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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saltair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saltair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Alternative forms

psaltair, saltar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).

Noun

saltair n

(Christianity) the psalter (the psalms of David)
psalter (the book in which psalms were written)
book

Inflection

The genitive singular is not attested, but the nominative, accusative, vocative, and dative singulars are all attested, and all of them are saltair. The only declension class with neuters of such form would be the neuter i-stems, hence the CorPH database listing it as such.

Neuter i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	saltair^N	saltair^N	sailtre^L
vocative	saltair^N	saltair^N	sailtre^L
accusative	saltair^N	saltair^N	sailtre^L
genitive	sailtreo^H, sailtrea^H	sailtreo^H, sailtrea^H	sailtre^N
dative	saltair^L	sailtrib	sailtrib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

This was later replaced by a feminine k-stem declension due to its ending in -air.

Descendants

Irish: saltair
Manx: salteyr
Scottish Gaelic: saltair

Mutation

Mutation of *saltair*
radical	lenition	nasalization
saltair	ṡaltair	saltair

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

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saltair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).

Noun

saltair f (plural saltairean)

Mutation

Mutation of *saltair*
radical	lenition
saltair	shaltair after "an", t-saltair

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) “saltair”, 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), “saltair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language