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daltán

daltán

Irish

Noun

daltán m ‎(genitive singular daltáin, nominative plural daltáin)

(little) foster child; young pupil

Declension

Declension of daltán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	daltán	daltáin
Vocative	a dhaltáin	a dhaltána
Genitive	daltáin	daltán
Dative	daltán	daltáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an daltán	na daltáin
Genitive	an daltáin	na ndaltán
Dative	leis an daltán don daltán	leis na daltáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daltán	dhaltán	ndaltán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"daltán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“daltán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From daltae +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdal͈taːn/

Noun

daltán m

(term of endearment) little foster child, little pupil

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	daltán	daltán^L	daltáin^L
Vocative	daltáin	daltán^L	daltánu
Accusative	daltán^N	daltán^L	daltánu
Genitive	daltáin^L	daltán	daltán^N
Dative	daltán^L	daltánaib	daltánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
daltán	daltán pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndaltán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“daltán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.