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altram
altram
Irish
Noun
altram m (genitive singular altrama)
Declension
Declension of altram
Third declension
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Derived terms
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Related terms
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| 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.
 - “altram(m)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
 
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- altramm
 
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal͈tram/
 
Noun
altram n (genitive altrammae)
- verbal noun of ailid
 
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Mutation
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| 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
- “altram(m)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
 
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish altram, verbal noun of ailid (“nourishes; rears, fosters”).
Noun
altram m (genitive singular altraim)
- verbal noun of altraim
 - fostering, nourishing, nursing, rearing
 
Derived terms
Terms derived from altram
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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 0 901771 92 9
 - “altram(m)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.