saltair

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, harp).

Noun

saltair f (genitive singular saltrach, nominative plural saltracha)

  1. (Christianity) psalter
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

saltair

  1. Alternative form of satail (tread, tramp; trample)

Etymology 3

Noun

saltair f

  1. Alternative form of altair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
saltair shaltair
after an, tsaltair
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, harp).

Noun

saltair n or f (genitive saltrach)

  1. (Christianity) the psalter (the psalms of David)
  2. psalter (the book in which psalms were written)
  3. book

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
saltair ṡaltair unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, harp).

Noun

saltair f (plural saltairean)

  1. (Christianity) psalter
  2. (Christianity) psaltery
  3. chronicle
  4. saltmonger

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
saltairshaltair
after "an", t-saltair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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