alpartha

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

alpartha

  1. greedy
  2. stout, burly
    Synonym: téagartha
  • alp (“devour, swallow whole; grab”, transitive verb)
  • alpaire m (“voracious eater; grabber; large stone”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of alpartha
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alpartha n-alpartha halpartha not applicable

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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