altair

See also: Altair

Irish

altair

Mutated forms of *altair*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
altair	n-altair	haltair	not applicable

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

From Old Irish altóir, from Latin altar, altāre, altaria, from adoleō (“I burn”), influenced in form by altus (“high”).

altair f (genitive singular altrach, plural altraichean)

Mutation of *altair*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
altair	n-altair	h-altair	t-altair

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

Edward Dwelly (1911) “altair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language