alltarach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish alltarach (“further, outer, on the other side”), from alltar (“the next world, the hereafter; remote place”); synchronically, alltar (“the far country; the other world; remote place, hinterland”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
alltarach (genitive singular masculine alltaraigh, genitive singular feminine alltaraí, plural alltaracha, not comparable)
- beyond, on the far side
Declension
Declension of alltarach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | alltarach | alltarach | alltaracha | |
| Vocative | alltaraigh | alltaracha | ||
| Genitive | alltaraí | alltaracha | alltarach | |
| Dative | alltarach | alltarach; alltaraigh (archaic) | alltaracha | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| alltarach | n-alltarach | halltarach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "alltarach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “alltarach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.