alltán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From allta (wild, adjective) +‎ -án.

Noun

alltán m (genitive singular alltáin, nominative plural alltáin)

  1. monster; wild person

Declension

Declension of alltán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative alltán alltáin
vocative a alltáin a alltána
genitive alltáin alltán
dative alltán alltáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-alltán na halltáin
genitive an alltáin na n-alltán
dative leis an alltán
don alltán
leis na halltáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of alltán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alltán n-alltán halltán t-alltán

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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