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altán

altán

See also: altan, Altan, áltán, and ältan

Irish

Noun

altán m ‎(genitive singular altáin, nominative plural altáin)

Declension

Declension of altán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	altán	altáin
Vocative	a altáin	a altána
Genitive	altáin	altán
Dative	altán	altáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-altán	na haltáin
Genitive	an altáin	na n-altán
Dative	leis an altán don altán	leis na haltáin

Alternative forms

áltán

Etymology 2

Noun

altán m ‎(genitive singular altáin)

Synonym of altán scine ‎(“sharp knife”)

Declension

Declension of altán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	altán
Vocative	a altáin
Genitive	altáin
Dative	altán

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-altán
Genitive	an altáin
Dative	leis an altán don altán

Alternative forms

altan f

Mutation

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

References

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