saltair

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).

Noun

saltair f (genitive singular saltrach, nominative plural saltracha)

1. (Christianity) psalter

Declension

Declension of saltair (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative saltair saltracha vocative a shaltair a shaltracha genitive saltrach saltracha dative saltair saltracha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tsaltair na saltracha genitive na saltrach na saltracha dative leis an tsaltair don tsaltair leis na saltracha

Etymology 2

Verb

saltair

1. Alternative form of satail (“tread, tramp; trample”)

Etymology 3

Noun

saltair f

1. Alternative form of altair

Mutation

Mutated forms of saltair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
saltair	shaltair after an, tsaltair	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “saltair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saltair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• psaltair, saltar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).

Noun

saltair n

1. (Christianity) the psalter (the psalms of David)
2. psalter (the book in which psalms were written)
3. book

Inflection

The genitive singular is not attested, but the nominative, accusative, vocative, and dative singulars are all attested, and all of them are saltair. The only declension class with neuters of such form would be the neuter i-stems, hence the CorPH database listing it as such.

Neuter i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	saltairN	saltairN	sailtreL
Vocative	saltairN	saltairN	sailtreL
Accusative	saltairN	saltairN	sailtreL
Genitive	sailtreoH, sailtreaH	sailtreoH, sailtreaH	sailtreN
Dative	saltairL	sailtrib	sailtrib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

This was later replaced by a feminine k-stem declension due to its ending in -air.

Descendants

• Irish: saltair
• Manx: salteyr
• Scottish Gaelic: saltair

Mutation

Mutation of saltair

radical	lenition	nasalization
saltair	ṡaltair	unchanged

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “saltair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish saltair, psaltair (compare Manx salteyr), from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “harp”).

Noun

saltair f (plural saltairean)

1. (Christianity) psalter
2. (Christianity) psaltery
3. chronicle
4. saltmonger

Mutation

Mutation of saltair

radical	lenition
saltair	shaltair after "an", t-saltair

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “saltair”, 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), “saltair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language