alltán

Irish

Alternative forms

• alatán

Etymology

From allta (“wild”, adjective) ‎ -án.

Noun

alltán m (genitive singular alltáin, nominative plural alltáin)

1. monster; wild person

Declension

Declension of alltán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative alltán alltáin vocative a alltáin a alltána genitive alltáin alltán dative alltán alltáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-alltán na halltáin genitive an alltáin na n-alltán dative leis an alltán don alltán leis na halltáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of alltán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alltán	n-alltán	halltán	t-alltán

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

Further reading

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