ialtóg

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish *íaltóc[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic ialtag), from Old Irish íatlu (“bat”) (compare now obsolete iathla) + -óc.

Noun

ialtóg f (genitive singular ialtóige, nominative plural ialtóga)

  1. bat (animal)

Declension

Declension of ialtóg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ialtóg ialtóga
vocative a ialtóg a ialtóga
genitive ialtóige ialtóg
dative ialtóg
ialtóig (archaic, dialectal) 		ialtóga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ialtóg na hialtóga
genitive na hialtóige na n-ialtóg
dative leis an ialtóg
leis an ialtóig (archaic, dialectal)
don ialtóg
don ialtóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na hialtóga

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ialtóg
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ialtóg n-ialtóg hialtóg 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

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íaltóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “iaṫla”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 588; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ialtóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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