ailteán

Irish

Etymology

From ailt (“steep-sided glen; ravine”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

ailteán m (genitive singular ailteáin, nominative plural ailteáin)

1. diminutive of ailt
2. (geography) small ravine

Declension

Declension of ailteán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ailteán ailteáin vocative a ailteáin a ailteána genitive ailteáin ailteán dative ailteán ailteáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ailteán na hailteáin genitive an ailteáin na n-ailteán dative leis an ailteán don ailteán leis na hailteáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailteán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailteán	n-ailteán	hailteán	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) “ailteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN