ailtire

ailtire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ailtire m (“house-builder, house-wright”).

Noun

ailtire m (genitive singular ailtire, nominative plural ailtirí)

1. architect

Declension

Declension of ailtire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ailtire ailtirí Vocative a ailtire a ailtirí Genitive ailtire ailtirí Dative ailtire ailtirí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ailtire na hailtirí Genitive an ailtire na n-ailtirí Dative leis an ailtire don ailtire leis na hailtirí

Derived terms

• ailtireacht f (“architecture”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailtire	n-ailtire	hailtire	t-ailtire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ailtire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ailtire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ailtire m (“house-builder, house-wright”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʎtʲɪɾʲə/

Noun

ailtire m (genitive singular ailtire, plural ailtirean)

1. architect

Derived terms

• ailtireachd

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailtire	n-ailtire	h-ailtire	t-ailtire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “ailtire”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ailtire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language