dalta

dalta

1. inflection of daltë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

From Old Irish daltae.

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠalˠt̪ˠə/

dalta m (genitive singular dalta, nominative plural daltaí)

1. foster child
2. pupil; disciple
3. student; ex-student, alumnus
4. cadet
5. mentee
6. pet, fondling

• (student): mac léinn
• (cadet): dalta airm

• (pupil, student): múinteoir
• (mentee): oide

• daltachas m (“fosterage; pupilage”)
• daltas m (“cadetship”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dalta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “daltae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): [ˈdalta]

dalta f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of daltă

From Old Irish daltae.

dalta m (genitive singular dalta, plural daltan or daltachan or daltaichean)

1. stepchild
2. foster child, fosterling
3. godchild

• daltachas
• daltachd
• daltag
• daltan

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

Unknown. First attested in 1916.

dalta (present daltar, preterite daltade, supine daltat, imperative dalta)

1. coddle excessively; pamper

• dalt

• dalta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dalta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dalta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• adlat, dalat, talad