albastar
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English alabaster, from Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster (“box for perfume made of alabaster”), from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “vase made of alabaster”).
Noun
[edit]albastar m (genitive singular albastair, nominative plural albastair)
Declension
[edit]Declension of albastar
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
albastar | n-albastar | halbastar | t-albastar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “albastar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “alabaster”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “albastar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm