allaidh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish allaid (“wild, undomesticated”).

Adjective

allaidh (genitive singular feminine allaidhe, plural allaidhe, comparative allaidhe)

  1. Alternative form of allta (“wild”)
Declension
Declension of allaidh
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative allaidh allaidh allaidhe
Vocative allaidh allaidhe
Genitive allaidhe allaidhe allaidh
Dative allaidh allaidh allaidhe
Comparative níos allaidhe
Superlative is allaidhe

Noun

allaidh m

  1. genitive singular of alladh

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
allaidh n-allaidh hallaidh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • alla
  • allda
  • allmhaidh
  • alltaidh
  • alluigh

Etymology

From Old Irish allaid (“wild, undomesticated”).

Adjective

allaidh

  1. wild, fierce

Derived terms
  • agh-allaidh f (“buffalo, wild cow; stag”)
  • bó-allaidh f (“buffalo; furious ox”)
  • cù-allaidh m, madadh-allaidh m (“wolf”)
  • damh-allaidh m (“wild ox; wild stag; pygarg”)
  • faol-allaidh (“wolf; wild dog”)
  • gabhar-allaidh f, gobhar-allaidh m (“chamois”)
  • laogh-allaidh m (“fawn”)
  • madrach-allaidh (“wolves”)
  • os-allaidh m (“elk, deer, stag”)
  • tarbh-allaidh m (“buffalo”)
  • torc allaidh m (“wild boar”)

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “allaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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