adhaltranas

Irish

Etymology

Variant of adhaltras, from Old Irish adaltras (adultery), from adaltair (adulterer), from Latin adulter.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈiːl̪ˠt̪ˠɾˠənˠəsˠ/, (older) /ˈɯːl̪ˠt̪ˠɾˠənˠəsˠ/[1]

Noun

adhaltranas m (genitive singular adhaltranais)

  1. adultery
    Synonyms: adhaltraíocht, adhaltras
    adhaltranas a dhéanamhto commit adultery

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
adhaltranas n-adhaltranas hadhaltranas t-adhaltranas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 29

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish adaltrannas m (adultery), from adaltair (adulterer), from Latin adulter.

Noun

adhaltranas m (genitive singular adhaltranais, no plural)

  1. adultery
    Synonym: adhaltras

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
adhaltranasn-adhaltranash-adhaltranast-adhaltranas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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