gealt

Irish

Alternative forms

• geilt

Etymology

From Middle Irish geilt, gelt, from Proto-Celtic *gʷeltis (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰel-t-, whence perhaps also English wild. Cognate with Welsh gwyllt (“wild”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟal̪ˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

gealt f (genitive singular geilte, nominative plural gealta)

1. crazy person, lunatic

Declension

Declension of gealt (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gealt gealta vocative a ghealt a ghealta genitive geilte gealt dative gealt geilt (archaic, dialectal) gealta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghealt na gealta genitive na geilte na ngealt dative leis an ngealt leis an ngeilt (archaic, dialectal) don ghealt don gheilt (archaic, dialectal) leis na gealta

Derived terms

• gealtlann

Related terms

• gealtach
• gealtachas

Mutation

Mutated forms of gealt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gealt	ghealt	ngealt

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