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alltar

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish alltar (the next world, the hereafter; remote place).

Noun

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alltar m (genitive singular alltair, nominative plural alltair)

  1. (with article) the far country; the other world.
  2. remote place, hinterland

Declension

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Declension of alltar (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative alltar alltair
vocative a alltair a alltara
genitive alltair alltar
dative alltar alltair
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-alltar na halltair
genitive an alltair na n-alltar
dative leis an alltar
don alltar
leis na halltair

Derived terms

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  • alltarach (beyond, on the far side, adjective)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of alltar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alltar n-alltar halltar not applicable

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

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From all (beyond, variant of oll[1]) +‎ -tar (noun-forming suffix), for the first part compare tall, anall, for the second part cenntar, íarthar, úachtar.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alltar n (genitive alltair, no plural)

  1. the next world, hereafter
    Antonym: cenntar
  2. a distant place

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative alltarN alltarN alltarL
Vocative alltarN alltarN alltarL
Accusative alltarN alltarN alltarL
Genitive alltairL alltar alltarN
Dative alltarL, altur alltaraib alltaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: alltar

Mutation

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Mutation of alltar
radical lenition nasalization
alltar
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-alltar

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

References

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  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 825, page 500; reprinted 2017
  2. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 266, page 170; reprinted 2017

Further reading

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