altán

See also: altan, Altan, áltán, and ältan

Irish

Etymology 1

Compare ailt (“steep-sided glen; ravine”), alt (“hillock”).

Noun

altán m (genitive singular altáin, nominative plural altáin)

  1. streamlet
  2. ravine
  3. hillock
Declension
Declension of altán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative altán altáin
Vocative a altáin a altána
Genitive altáin altán
Dative altán altáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-altán na haltáin
Genitive an altáin na n-altán
Dative leis an altán

don altán

 leis na haltáin
Alternative forms
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

altán m (genitive singular altáin)

  1. Synonym of altán scine (“sharp knife”)
Declension
Declension of altán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative altán
Vocative a altáin
Genitive altáin
Dative altán

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-altán
Genitive an altáin
Dative leis an altán

don altán

Alternative forms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
altán n-altán haltán not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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