alltacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• allsacht

Etymology

From allta (“wild”, adj) +‎ -acht.

Noun

alltacht f (genitive singular alltachta)

1. wildness

Declension

Declension of alltacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative alltacht vocative a alltacht genitive alltachta dative alltacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an alltacht genitive na halltachta dative leis an alltacht don alltacht

Derived terms

• alltacht a chur ar dhuine (“to amaze, astonish, someone”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of alltacht

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