cú allta

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “wild dog”

Noun

cú allta m (genitive singular cú allta or con allta, nominative plural cúnna allta or coin allta)

1. wolf

   Synonyms: faolchú, mac tíre, madra alla, madra allta

Mutation

Mutated forms of cú allta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cú allta	chú allta	gcú allta

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) “cú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN