malairt

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish malart, malairt (“damage, injury, destruction: maltreating, injuring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠalˠəɾˠtʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔlˠəɾˠtʲ/ (as if spelled molairt)

Noun

malairt f (genitive singular malairte, nominative plural malairtí)

1. (literary) destruction
2. change; alternative
3. exchange, barter
4. (finance) exchange

Declension

Declension of malairt (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative malairt malairtí vocative a mhalairt a mhalairtí genitive malairte malairtí dative malairt malairtí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhalairt na malairtí genitive na malairte na malairtí dative leis an malairt don mhalairt leis na malairtí

Derived terms

• malairt slí (“detour”)

Related terms

• malartaigh (“destroy; change; exchange, barter; substitute”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of malairt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
malairt	mhalairt	not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish malart, malairt (“destruction”, later meaning “change, changing; exchange, exchanging”).

Noun

malairt f (genitive singular malairt, plural malairtean)

1. interchange, trade exchange
2. barter, business, commerce
3. traffic (illegal trade)
4. variant
5. verbal noun of malairt

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish malartaid (“changes; exchanges, barters”), from Old Irish malartaid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”).

Verb

malairt (past mhalairt, future malairtidh, verbal noun malairt, past participle malairte)

1. bandy, exchange

   Synonym: malairtich

Mutation

Mutation of malairt

radical	lenition
malairt	mhalairt

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