Irish

Noun

malairt f ‎(genitive singular malairte, nominative plural malairtí)

1. (literary) destruction
2. change; alternative
3. exchange, barter
4. (finance) exchange

Declension

Derived terms

• malairt slí ‎(“detour”)

Related terms

• malartaigh ‎(“destroy; change; exchange, barter; substitute”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish malart, malairt ‎(“damage, injury, destruction: maltreating, injuring”), later meaning “change, changing; exchange, exchanging”.

Noun

malairt f ‎(genitive singular malairt, plural malairtean)

1. interchange, trade exchange
2. barter, business, commerce
3. traffic (illegal trade)
4. variant
5. verbal noun of malairt

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish malartaid ‎(“changes; exchanges, barters”), from Old Irish malartaid ‎(“spoils, ruins, destroys”).

Verb

malairt ‎(past mhalairt, future malairtidh, verbal noun malairt, past participle malairte)

1. bandy, exchange

Synonyms

• malairtich