Noun: altra
Gender: Masc
Forms without Article
| Singular Nominative | altra |
| Singular Genitive | altra |
| Plural Nominative | altraí |
| Plural Genitive | altraí |
Forms with Article
| Singular Nominative | an t-altra |
| Singular Genitive | an altra |
| Plural Nominative | na haltraí |
| Plural Genitive | na n-altraí |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like altra
acra,
aerfhráma,
aga,
aguisín,
aidhnín,
airgeadra,
aisfhreagra,
alga,
altra,
amchomhartha,
anraith,
aoisghrúpa,
aspairín,
asphrionta,
babhla,
babhta,
balla,
banana,
bangharda,
banna, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle Irish altra (“foster father”), from Proto-Celtic *altrawū (“foster uncle”) (compare Welsh athro (“teacher”)), from *aleti (“feed, raise”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to nourish”)) and *awū (“uncle”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal grandfather/uncle”)).
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