áladh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish álad m (wound), from Proto-Celtic *aglotus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ-lo- (distress).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈalˠu/, /ˈal̪ˠu/

Noun

áladh m (genitive singular álaidh, nominative plural álaidh)

  1. wound
  2. lunge, thrust (of spear, etc.)

Declension

Declension of áladh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative áladh álaidh
vocative a álaidh a áladha
genitive álaidh áladh
dative áladh álaidh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-áladh na hálaidh
genitive an álaidh na n-áladh
dative leis an áladh
don áladh
leis na hálaidh

Mutation

Mutated forms of áladh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áladh n-áladh háladh t-áladh

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

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