altranas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish altrannas m (“fostering, fosterage, nurture”), from altra n or f (“foster-father”).

Noun

altranas m (genitive singular altranais)

  1. nursing

Declension

Declension of altranas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative altranas
vocative a altranais
genitive altranais
dative altranas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-altranas
genitive an altranais
dative leis an altranas
don altranas

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • bord altranais m (“nursing board”)
  • teach altranais m (“nursing home”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of altranas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
altranas n-altranas haltranas t-altranas

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

References

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