réalta
See also: realtà
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɾˠeːl̪ˠt̪ˠə/
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish rétlu, from Old Irish rétglu.
Noun
réalta f (genitive singular réalta, nominative plural réaltaí)
- star
- 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 1:
- Thuas i dteach an tsolais, faoi réaltaí geala, canann Bronach Amhrán na Mara dá mac Ben atá cúig bliana d'aois.
- [original: Up in the lighthouse, under twinkling stars, Bronach sings the Song of the Sea to her five-year-old son, Ben.]
- star (person)
- plural of réalt
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Alternative forms
Derived terms
- abhacréalta (“dwarf star”)
- am na réaltaí (“sidereal time”)
- réalt- (“astro-”)
- réalta an mhadra (“the dog-star, Sirius”)
- réalta charbóin (“carbon star”)
- réalta dhúbailte (“double star”)
- réalta eolais (“guiding star, lodestar”)
- réalta na maidine (“the morning star”)
- réalta reatha (“shooting star”)
- réalta scannán (“film-star”)
- réalta sheasta (“fixed star”)
- réaltach (“starry; stellar, sidereal”)
- réaltbhuíon (“constellation”)
- réalteolaíocht (“astronomy”)
- réaltóg (“star”) (symbol)
- réaltra (“galaxy”)
- réaltúil (“stellate”)
- réiltín (“asterisk; star”)
Etymology 2
Verb
réalta
- past participle of réal
Derived terms
- foréalta (“underdeveloped”)
Adjective
réalta
Alternative forms
Noun
réalta m
- genitive singular of réaladh
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “réalta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN