allt
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From all (“all”) with a fossiled neuter ending -t. Compare Dutch al.
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Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
allt | n-allt | hallt | t-allt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
allt
From Middle Irish alt, from Old Irish alt (“shore, cliff”), from Proto-Celtic *altos (“cliff”).
Cognates in the Celtic languages include Irish alt (“height, glenside, cliff”), Cornish als (“cliff”), and Breton aot (“shore”). MacBain suggests the Scottish Gaelic form and meaning has a Pictish origin.
allt m (genitive singular uillt, plural uillt)
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Alla is used with countable plural nouns. All and allt are used with countable mass nouns of common and neuter gender, respectively.
allt (not comparable)
From Middle Welsh allt, from Proto-Brythonic *alt, from Proto-Celtic *altos (compare Middle Irish alt (“height, cliff”), Irish ailt (“steep-sided ravine”).
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
allt | unchanged | unchanged | hallt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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