alltar

alltar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish alltar (“the next world, the hereafter; remote place”).

Noun

alltar m (genitive singular alltair, nominative plural alltair)

1. (with article) the far country; the other world.
2. remote place, hinterland

Declension

Declension of alltar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative alltar alltair Vocative a alltair a alltara Genitive alltair alltar Dative alltar alltair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-alltar na halltair Genitive an alltair na n-alltar Dative leis an alltar don alltar leis na halltair

Derived terms

• alltarach (“beyond, on the far side”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• "alltar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “alltar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.