albatras

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch albatros.

Noun

albatras

1. albatross

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English albatross, from Portuguese alcatraz (“gannet”).

Noun

albatras m (genitive singular albatrais, nominative plural albatrais)

1. (bird) albatross
2. (golf) albatross, double eagle

   Synonym: iolar dúbailte

Declension

Declension of albatras (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative albatras albatrais vocative a albatrais a albatrasa genitive albatrais albatras dative albatras albatrais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-albatras na halbatrais genitive an albatrais na n-albatras dative leis an albatras don albatras leis na halbatrais

Mutation

Mutated forms of albatras

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
albatras	n-albatras	halbatras	t-albatras

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) “albatras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “albatross”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “albatras”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm