altram
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish altram, an older verbal noun of ailid (“nourishes; rears, fosters”) (compare oiliúint f).
Declension
Declension of altram
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- altramaí m (“fosterer, foster-parent”)
- altramaigh (“foster”, verb)
- altramas m, altramacht f (“fosterage”)
- athair altrama m (“foster-father”)
- bean altrama f (“wet nurse”)
- craobh altrama f (“stock”)
- leanbh altrama m (“foster-child”)
- mac altrama m (“foster-son”)
- máthair altrama f (“foster-mother”)
Related terms
- altramú m (“fosterage”)
- buime f (“foster-mother, nurse”)
- comhalta m (“foster-brother, foster-sister”)
- dalta m (“foster-child”)
- daltán m (“(little) foster-child; young pupil”)
- máithrigh (“mother, bear; foster”, verb)
- oide m (“foster-father”)
- oil (“nourish, rear, foster; train, educate”, verb)
- oiliúint f (“nurture, upbringing, fostering care”)
- oiliúnach (“nurturing, fostering”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| altram | n-altram | haltram | t-altram |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "altram" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “altram(m)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- altramm
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal͈tram/
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| altram | unchanged | n-altram |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “altram(m)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
altram m (genitive singular altraim)
- verbal noun of altraim
- fostering, nourishing, nursing, rearing
Derived terms
- bràthair-altraim m (“foster-brother”)
- leanabh-altraim m (“foster-child, nursling”)
- màthair-altraim f (“nurse”)
- oide-altraim m (“foster-father”)
- seòmar-altraim m (“nursery”)
- taigh-altraim m (“nursing home”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| altram | n-altram | h-altram | t-altram |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “altram(m)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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