aspalda

Irish

Alternative forms

• abstalda, aspalta, easpalda

Etymology

From Old Irish apstalda (“apostolic”, adjective), from apstal (“apostle”). By surface analysis, aspal (“apostle”) +‎ -da.

Adjective

aspalda

1. (Christianity) apostolic, apostolical

   Synonym: aspalach

Mutation

Mutated forms of aspalda

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aspalda	n-aspalda	haspalda	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aspalda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “apstalda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “aspalda”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aspalda”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025