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From gabháil + -tas.
gabháltas m (genitive singular gabháltais, nominative plural gabháltais)
- conquest (territory gained by force), possession (territory under the rule of another country)
- holding (tenure; farm or other estate held), landholding, lot (distinct portion or plot of land)
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- “gabháltas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gabáltas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gaḃáltas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 343
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gabháltas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN