daltas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish daltus; synchronically, dalta +‎ -as.

Noun

daltas m (genitive singular daltais, nominative plural daltais)

(military) cadetship
Synonym of daltachas (“fosterage; pupilage; discipleship”)

Declension

Declension of daltas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	daltas	daltais
Vocative	a dhaltais	a dhaltasa
Genitive	daltais	daltas
Dative	daltas	daltais

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an daltas	na daltais
Genitive	an daltais	na ndaltas
Dative	leis an daltas don daltas	leis na daltais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daltas	dhaltas	ndaltas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “daltas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “daltus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “daltas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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