ealta

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish elta.

Noun

ealta f (genitive singular ealta, nominative plural ealtaí)

1. (of birds, animals) flock
2. (of people) multitude

Declension

Declension of ealta (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ealta ealtaí vocative a ealta a ealtaí genitive ealta ealtaí dative ealta ealtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ealta na healtaí genitive na healta na n-ealtaí dative leis an ealta don ealta leis na healtaí

Synonyms

• (flock of birds): scaoth
• (multitude): slua

Derived terms

• ealtach (“abounding in flocks”, adjective)
• ealtúil (“flocking, gregarious”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ealta

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ealta	n-ealta	healta	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) “ealta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “elta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ealta

1. genitive singular of ealt

Usage notes

• Also used as a nominative.