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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
allaidh, fierce, wild, Ir. allta, O. Ir. allaid; possibly from all-, over, the idea being "foreign, barbarous, fierce;" cf. W. allaidd of like meanings, from W. all, other. See next.
allmharach, a foreigner, foreign, fierce; Ir. allmharach, foreigner, transmarine; E. Ir. allmarach. From all-, beyond, and muir, sea, "transmarine" (K.Meyer).
allsadh, a jerk, suspending, leaning to one side; see abhsadh.
allsmuain, a float, great buoy:
allsporag, cow's throttle (M'A.); see abhsporag.
allt, a stream, Ir. alt, height , (topographically) glen-side or cliff, O. Ir. alt, shore, cliff, O.W. allt, cliff, Cor. als, Br. aot, shore; all allied to Lat. altus. The Gaelic form and meaning are are possibly of Pictish origin.
all-tapadh, mishap, ill-luck (Wh.); mischance: from all- and tapadh.
alm, alum; from the English.
almsadh, charity (Hend.), M. Ir. almsain.
alp, also ealp (Wh.), ingraft, join closely together: alp in tinkers' Ir., a job of work, hill; ealp=Sc. imper, graft.
alt, joint, Ir., E. Ir. alt, *(p)alto-s; root pel, whence Eng. fold, Norse, faldr, Ger. falz, groove; Gr. -πλάσιος, doubled, for πλάτιος. "air alt"=in order that (Wh.).
altach, a grace (at food), Ir. altughadh, O. Ir. attlugud, rendering thanks, atluchur bude, I give thanks: *ad-tlukôr, root, tluq; Lit. tulkas, interpreter; Lat. loquor for tloquor.
altair, altar, Ir., O. Ir. altóir, W. allor, Cor. altor, Br. auter; from Lat. altare, altar, "high place".
altrum, fostering, Ir. altrom, O. Ir. altram, W. alltraw, sponsor; root al, nourish, whence Lat. alo, Got. alan, grow, Eng. old.
àm, time Ir. am, pl. amanna, E. Ir. am, *ammen-, from *at-s-men-, root at, Got. aþn, year; possibly Lat. annus (at-s-no-).
am-, privative prefix; this is the labialised form of an-, q.v.; and being labialised, it is also aspirated into amh-. The forms before "small" vowels in the subsequent syllable are aim-, aimh-.
amach, vulture, so Ir.:
amadan, fool, Ir. amadán: am+ment-, "non-minded", Celtic root ment (dearmad, farmad, etc.), mind; Lat. mens, menti-s, Eng. mind, etc. The shorter root men is found in meanmna.
amail, mischief; E. Ir. admillim, I destroy: ad+mill, q.v.
amail, hindrance: ad+mall; q.v. But Norse hamla, hinder.
amal, swingle-tree; *ad-mol; mol, a beam, especially "a mill shaft", E. Ir. mol. Cf. Norse hamla, oar-loop.
amar, channel, mill lead; E. Ir. ammor, ammbur, a trough, *amb-or-; Gaul. ambes, rivos, rivers, Ambris, river name;
