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alatán

alatán

See also: alatan

Irish

Noun

alatán m ‎(genitive singular alatáin, nominative plural alatáin)

Alternative form of alltán ‎(“monster; wild person”)

Declension

Declension of alatán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alatán	alatáin
Vocative	a alatáin	a alatána
Genitive	alatáin	alatán
Dative	alatán	alatáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-alatán	na halatáin
Genitive	an alatáin	na n-alatán
Dative	leis an alatán don alatán	leis na halatáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alatán	n-alatán	halatán	t-alatán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"alatán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.