tlacht

See also: tlachd and tlácht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tlacht.

Noun

tlacht m (genitive singular tlachta)

1. (literary) surface, skin; garb, clothing; covering, protection
2. Alternative form of slacht

Declension

Declension of tlacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative tlacht vocative a thlacht genitive tlachta dative tlacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tlacht genitive an tlachta dative leis an tlacht don tlacht

Alternative declension:

Declension of tlacht (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative tlacht vocative a thlaicht genitive tlaicht dative tlacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tlacht genitive an tlaicht dative leis an tlacht don tlacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of tlacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tlacht	thlacht	dtlacht

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tlacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tlacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tlaxt/

Noun

tlacht m

1. covering, protection; ornament, finish, beauty; hence skin, hide
2. garment, clothing

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	tlacht	tlachtL	tlachtae
Vocative	tlacht	tlachtL	tlachtu
Accusative	tlachtN	tlachtL	tlachtu
Genitive	tlachtoH, tlachtaH	tlachto, tlachta	tlachtaeN
Dative	tlachtL	tlachtaib	tlachtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• tlachtmar (“in good condition”, adjective)

Descendants

• Irish: slacht, tlacht
• Scottish Gaelic: tlachd

Mutation

Mutation of tlacht

radical	lenition	nasalization
tlacht	thlacht	tlacht pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tlacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language