ailte

Irish

Noun

ailte f

1. genitive singular of ailt (“steep-sided glen; ravine”)

Noun

ailte f pl

1. plural of aile (“clamp, built-up rows of sods on outside of stack of turf”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ailte

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailte	n-ailte	hailte	not applicable

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), “ailte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̠ʲ.t̠ʲe/

Adjective

ailte

1. past participle of ailid
2. fostered

   mac ailte

   foster son

Mutation

Mutation of ailte

radical	lenition	nasalization
ailte (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	ailte	n-ailte

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), “ailte”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language