Irish

Noun

saltair f ‎(genitive singular saltrach, nominative plural saltracha)

1. (Christianity) psalter

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

saltair

1. Alternative form of satail ‎(“tread, tramp; trample”)

Etymology 2

Noun

saltair f

1. Alternative form of altair

Mutation

References

• "saltair" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “saltair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• psaltair
• saltar

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον ‎(psaltḗrion, “harp”).

Noun

saltair n, f ‎(genitive saltrach)

1. (Christianity) the psalter (the psalms of David)
2. psalter (the book in which psalms were written)
3. book

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: saltair
• Manx: salteyr
• Scottish Gaelic: saltair

Mutation

References

• “saltair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον ‎(psaltḗrion, “harp”).

Noun

saltair f ‎(plural saltairean)

1. (Christianity) psalter
2. (Christianity) psaltery
3. chronicle
4. saltmonger

Mutation

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
• “saltair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.