alpartha

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

alpartha

1. greedy
2. stout, burly

   Synonym: téagartha

Related terms

• alp (“devour, swallow whole; grab”, transitive verb)
• alpaire m (“voracious eater; grabber; large stone”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of alpartha

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alpartha	n-alpartha	halpartha	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alpartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alpartha”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm