altóir

Irish

From Old Irish altóir f (compare Scottish Gaelic altair), borrowed from Latin altar, altāre, altaria, from adoleō (“I burn”), influenced in form by altus (“high”).

altóir f (genitive singular altóra or altórach, nominative plural altóirí or altóracha)

Declension of altóir (third declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an altóir	na haltóirí
genitive	na haltóra	na n-altóirí
dative	leis an altóir don altóir	leis na haltóirí

Declension of altóir (fifth declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an altóir	na haltóracha
genitive	na haltórach	na n-altóracha
dative	leis an altóir don altóir	leis na haltóracha

Mutated forms of *altóir*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
altóir	n-altóir	haltóir	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “altóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language