Alasdair

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• Alastair

Etymology

From Old Irish Alaxander, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠəs̪t̪əð/
• (Harris, Uist, Islay, Wester Ross, Sutherland) IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠəs̪t̪ɪɾʲ/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl̪ˠəs̪t̪ɪɾʲ/, [ˈe̯æl̪ˠəs̪t̪æɾʲ~ˈe̯æl̪ˠəs̪t̪æʒ] (as if spelled Ealasdair)
• (Skye, Easter Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠɪs̪t̪ɪɾʲ/
• (Tiree) IPA^(key): [ˈɛl̪ˠɪs̪t̪ɪç] (as if spelled Ealasdair)
• (Argyll) IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠəs̪t̪əɾ/

Proper noun

Alasdair m

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander

Descendants

• → English: Alastair, Alistair, Allistair, Allistaire, Allister, Alastor
• → Scots: Alistair

Mutation

Mutation of Alasdair

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Alasdair	n-Alasdair	h-Alasdair	t-Alasdair

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

Further reading

• Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, editor (1994), Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland, volume II, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 58-59