altram

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish altram, an older verbal noun of ailid (“nourishes; rears, fosters”) (compare oiliúint f).

Noun

altram m (genitive singular altrama)

1. fosterage

Declension

Declension of altram (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative altram vocative a altram genitive altrama dative altram forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-altram genitive an altrama dative leis an altram don altram

Derived terms

• altramacht f (“fosterage”)
• altramaí m (“fosterer, foster-parent”)
• altramaigh (“foster”, verb)
• altramas m (“fosterage”)
• altramú m (“fosterage”)
• athair altrama m (“foster-father”)
• bean altrama f (“wet nurse”)
• craobh altrama f (“stock”)
• leanbh altrama m (“foster-child”)
• mac altrama m (“foster-son”)
• máthair altrama f (“foster-mother”)

 

See also

• buime f (“foster-mother, nurse”)
• comhalta m (“foster-brother, foster-sister”)
• dalta m (“foster-child”)
• daltán m (“(little) foster-child; young pupil”)
• máithrigh (“mother, bear; foster”, verb)
• oide m (“foster-father”)
• oil (“nourish, rear, foster; train, educate”, verb)
• oiliúint f (“nurture, upbringing, fostering care”)
• oiliúnach (“nurturing, fostering”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of altram

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
altram	n-altram	haltram	t-altram

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) “altram”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altram(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• altramm

Etymology

From *altar m (“fosterage”), which occurs in compounds such as míaltar (“bad fosterage”), from Proto-Celtic *altrom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈal͈tram]

Noun

altram m (genitive altrama)

1. verbal noun of ailid

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	altram	altramL	altramae
Vocative	altram	altramL	altramu
Accusative	altramN	altramL	altramu
Genitive	altramoH, altramaH	altramo, altrama	altramaeN
Dative	altramL	altramaib	altramaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: altram
• Scottish Gaelic: altram

Mutation

Mutation of altram

radical	lenition	nasalization
altram (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-altram

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altram(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish altram, verbal noun of ailid (“nourishes; rears, fosters”).

Noun

altram m (genitive singular altraim)

1. verbal noun of altraim
2. fostering, nourishing, nursing, rearing

Derived terms

• bràthair-altraim m (“foster-brother”)
• leanabh-altraim m (“foster-child, nursling”)
• màthair-altraim f (“nurse”)
• oide-altraim m (“foster-father”)
• seòmar-altraim m (“nursery”)
• taigh-altraim m (“nursing home”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of altram

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
altram	n-altram	h-altram	t-altram

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “altram”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altram(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language