allaidh

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish allaid (wild, undomesticated).

Adjective

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allaidh (genitive singular feminine allaidhe, plural allaidhe, comparative allaidhe)

  1. Alternative form of allta (wild)
Declension
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Declension of allaidh
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative allaidh allaidh allaidhe
vocative allaidh allaidhe
genitive allaidhe allaidhe allaidh
dative allaidh allaidh allaidhe
Comparative níos allaidhe
Superlative is allaidhe

Etymology 2

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Noun

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allaidh m

  1. genitive singular of alladh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of allaidh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
allaidh n-allaidh hallaidh not applicable

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

References

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish allaid (wild, undomesticated).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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allaidh

  1. wild, fierce

Derived terms

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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “allaidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “allaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language