rosualt

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish rosualt, from Old Norse hrosshvalr (literally “horse-whale”), from hross (“horse”) + hvalr (“whale”).

Noun

rosualt m (genitive singular rosuailt, nominative plural rosuailt)

1. walrus

Declension

Declension of rosualt (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative rosualt rosuailt vocative a rosuailt a rosualta genitive rosuailt rosualt dative rosualt rosuailt forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an rosualt na rosuailt genitive an rosuailt na rosualt dative leis an rosualt don rosualt leis na rosuailt

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rosualt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rosualt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rosualt”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “rosualt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025