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)

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 Case Singular Plural Nominative malairt malairtí Vocative a mhalairt a mhalairtí Genitive malairte malairtí Dative malairt malairtí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhalairt na malairtí Genitive na malairte na malairtí Dative leis an malairt don mhalairt leis na malairtí

Derived terms

• malairt slí (“detour”)

Related terms

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
malairt	mhalairt	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
malairt	mhalairt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.