goltraí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish goltraige. By surface analysis, gol (“weeping”) +‎ -traí (“type of music”).

Noun

goltraí f (genitive singular goltraí, nominative plural goltraithe)

  1. sorrowful music
  2. elegy, threnody, dirge, keen
  3. lament, lamentation

Declension
Declension of goltraí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative goltraí goltraithe
Vocative a gholtraí a gholtraithe
Genitive goltraí goltraithe
Dative goltraí goltraithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gholtraí na goltraithe
Genitive na goltraí na ngoltraithe
Dative leis an ngoltraí

don gholtraí

 leis na goltraithe

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goltraí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “goltraí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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