gealt

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish geilt, gelt, from Proto-Celtic *gʷeltis (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰel-t-, whence perhaps also English wild.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟal̪ˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

gealt f (genitive singular geilte, nominative plural gealta)

  1. madman, lunatic

Declension
Declension of gealt

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gealt gealta
Vocative a ghealt a ghealta
Genitive geilte gealt
Dative gealt
geilt (archaic, dialectal)		 gealta

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghealt na gealta
Genitive na geilte na ngealt
Dative leis an ngealt
leis an ngeilt (archaic, dialectal)

don ghealt
don gheilt (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na gealta

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gealt ghealt ngealt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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