galldacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish galldacht.

Noun

galldacht f (genitive singular galldachta)

  1. foreign ways; Anglicization

Declension
Declension of galldacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative galldacht
Vocative a ghalldacht
Genitive galldachta
Dative galldacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an ghalldacht
Genitive na galldachta
Dative leis an ngalldacht

don ghalldacht

Synonyms
  • galldachas

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
galldacht ghalldacht ngalldacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Irish

Etymology

From gallda (“foreign (especially Norse or English); having foreign connections or ways”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

galldacht f

  1. foreignness, English connection, fashion, ways
  2. (collectively) the Englishry, the English settlers
  3. district occupied by the English: in Ireland the Pale, in Scotland the Lowlands

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
galldacht galldacht
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngalldacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “galldacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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