ald ( alternative spelling ) att ( common variant; often both forms alongside in the same dialect ) Fromall ( “ all ” ) with a fossiled neuter ending-t. CompareDutch al
allt
( Ripuarian , northern Moselle Franconian ) already Ich hannallt drissig Minutte op dich jewaat! I’vealready waited for you for thirty minutes! allt
everything ,neuter ofallur allt
inflection ofallur neuter nominative singular neuter accusative singular allt
obsolete spelling ofalt allt
obsolete spelling ofalt Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
allt
neuter nominative / accusative singular ofallr FromMiddle Irish alt Old Irish alt ( “ shore, cliff ” ) , fromProto-Celtic *altos ( “ cliff ” ) .
Cognates in the Celtic languages includeIrish alt ( “ height, glenside, cliff ” ) ,Cornish als ( “ cliff ” ) , andBreton aot ( “ shore ” ) . MacBain suggests the Scottish Gaelic form and meaning has aPictish
allt m genitive singular uillt plural uillt
steep-sidedstream Tha an t-allt a' ruith. Thestream is flowing. alltan ( “ burn, brook, stream ” ) leth-allt ( “ stream with one steep side, not two ” ) Edward Dwelly (1911 ), “allt ”, inFaclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary →ISBN MacBain, Alexander ; Mackay, Eneas (1911 ), “allt”, inAn Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language [1] →ISBN allt
everything ,all Allt gick åt helvete.Everything went terrible.(literally, “Everything went to hell. allt
neuter singular ofall Har du druckit uppallt vatten? Did you drinkall the water? Alla All allt mass nouns of common and neuter gender, respectively.
allt notcomparable )
increasingly ,more and more Det har blivitallt svårare att hitta god kebabsås i Säffle It has becomeincreasingly difficult to find good kebab sauce in Säffle sure (for sure)Han ärallt bra Hesure is a kooky one, that wizard FromMiddle Welsh allt Proto-Brythonic *alt Proto-Celtic *altos Middle Irish alt ( “ height, cliff ” ) ,Irish ailt ( “ steep-sided ravine ” ) .
allt f plural elltydd or aillt
hillside ,slope wood , smallforest Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
