folt

See also: følt

Hungarian

Etymology

Native word, probably from fal (“to devour”) +‎ -t (noun-forming suffix), presumably with the original sense “part, piece”. Doublet of falat (“bite”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfolt]
• Rhymes: -olt

Noun

folt (plural foltok)

1. stain, spot, blotch
2. patch
3. blemish

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	folt	foltok
accusative	foltot	foltokat
dative	foltnak	foltoknak
instrumental	folttal	foltokkal
causal-final	foltért	foltokért
translative	folttá	foltokká
terminative	foltig	foltokig
essive-formal	foltként	foltokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	foltban	foltokban
superessive	folton	foltokon
adessive	foltnál	foltoknál
illative	foltba	foltokba
sublative	foltra	foltokra
allative	folthoz	foltokhoz
elative	foltból	foltokból
delative	foltról	foltokról
ablative	folttól	foltoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	folté	foltoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	foltéi	foltokéi

Possessive forms of folt

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	foltom	foltjaim
2nd person sing.	foltod	foltjaid
3rd person sing.	foltja	foltjai
1st person plural	foltunk	foltjaink
2nd person plural	foltotok	foltjaitok
3rd person plural	foltjuk	foltjaik

Derived terms

• foltos
• foltoz

Expressions

• megtalálja zsák a foltját

References

1. folt in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

• folt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish folt, from Proto-Celtic *woltos (compare Cornish gols, Old Breton guolt, Welsh gwallt), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₂- (compare English wold, Lithuanian váltis (“oat awn”), Serbo-Croatian vlȃt (“ear (of wheat)”), Ancient Greek λάσιος (lásios, “hairy”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠɞl̪ˠt̪ˠ/^[1], /fˠɞl̪ˠh/

Noun

folt m (genitive singular foilt, nominative plural foilt)

1. hair (of head); locks, tresses

Declension

Declension of folt (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative folt foilt vocative a fhoilt a fholta genitive foilt folt dative folt foilt forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an folt na foilt genitive an fhoilt na bhfolt dative leis an bhfolt don fholt leis na foilt

Derived terms

• claonfholt m (“flowing locks”)
• folt bé (“maidenhair”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of folt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
folt	fholt	bhfolt

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

References

1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 24, page 14

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “folt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish folt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [folt̪]

Noun

folt m (genitive singular fuilt, plural fuilt)

1. hair

   Ta’n folt echey ny hassoo er.

   His hair sticks up.

   Ta’n folt echey tuittym magh.

   His hair is falling out.

   Ta’n folt eck cass-lhoobagh.

   Her hair is thickly curled.

   Ta’n folt eck sheeley sheese y dreeym eck.

   Her hair is hanging down her back.

   Va’n folt echey baarit dy lhome.

   His hair was cut close.

   Va’n folt echey tuittym neose harrish e gheayltyn.

   His hair fell over his shoulders.

Mutation

Mutation of folt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
folt	olt	volt

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• folet

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French folet (“fool”).

Noun

folt (plural folts)

1. a fool

Derived terms

• folten, foltin
• folthēd, foltheed
• foltisch

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *woltos (compare Cornish gols, Old Breton guolt, Welsh gwallt), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₂- (compare English wold, Lithuanian váltis (“oat awn”), Serbo-Croatian vlȃt (“ear (of wheat)”), Ancient Greek λάσιος (lásios, “hairy”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸol͈t]

Noun

folt m (genitive fuilt, nominative plural fuilt)

1. hair

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	folt	foltL	fuiltL
vocative	fuilt	foltL	fultuH
accusative	foltN	foltL	fultuH
genitive	fuiltL	folt	foltN
dative	foltL	foltaib	foltaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: folt
• Manx: folt
• Scottish Gaelic: falt

Mutation

Mutation of folt

radical	lenition	nasalization
folt	ḟolt	folt pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian folt.

Noun

folt n (plural folturi)

1. patch
2. rag

Declension

Declension of folt

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	folt	foltul		folturi	folturile
genitive-dative	folt	foltului		folturi	folturilor
vocative	foltule			folturilor

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English volt, from the name of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔlt/

Noun

folt m (plural foltau or foltiau, not mutable)

1. (physics) volt

Derived terms

• foltedd (“voltage”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “folt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies