goltraí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish goltraige. By surface analysis, gol (“weeping”) +‎ -traí (“type of music”).

Noun

goltraí f (genitive singular goltraí, nominative plural goltraithe)

1. sorrowful music
2. elegy, threnody, dirge, keen
3. lament, lamentation

Declension

Declension of goltraí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative goltraí goltraithe vocative a gholtraí a gholtraithe genitive goltraí goltraithe dative goltraí goltraithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gholtraí na goltraithe genitive na goltraí na ngoltraithe dative leis an ngoltraí don gholtraí leis na goltraithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of goltraí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
goltraí	gholtraí	ngoltraí

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) “goltraí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “goltraí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025