albastar

Irish

Etymology

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

albastar m (genitive singular albastair, nominative plural albastair)

1. alabaster

Declension

Declension of albastar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative albastar albastair vocative a albastair a albastara genitive albastair albastar dative albastar albastair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-albastar na halbastair genitive an albastair na n-albastar dative leis an albastar don albastar leis na halbastair

Mutation

Mutated forms of albastar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
albastar	n-albastar	halbastar	t-albastar

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

Further reading

• 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