folt
Hungarian
Etymology
Native word, probably from fal (“to devour”) + -t (noun-forming suffix), presumably with the original sense “part, piece”. Doublet of falat (“bite”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
folt (plural foltok)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | folt | foltok |
accusative | foltot | foltokat |
dative | foltnak | foltoknak |
instrumental | folttal | foltokkal |
causal-final | foltért | foltokért |
translative | folttá | foltokká |
terminative | foltig | foltokig |
essive-formal | foltként | foltokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | foltban | foltokban |
superessive | folton | foltokon |
adessive | foltnál | foltoknál |
illative | foltba | foltokba |
sublative | foltra | foltokra |
allative | folthoz | foltokhoz |
elative | foltból | foltokból |
delative | foltról | foltokról |
ablative | folttól | foltoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
folté | foltoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
foltéi | foltokéi |
Possessive forms of folt | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | foltom | foltjaim |
2nd person sing. | foltod | foltjaid |
3rd person sing. | foltja | foltjai |
1st person plural | foltunk | foltjaink |
2nd person plural | foltotok | foltjaitok |
3rd person plural | foltjuk | foltjaik |
Derived terms
References
- ^ folt in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
- folt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish folt, from Proto-Celtic *woltos (compare Cornish gols, Old Breton guolt, Welsh gwallt), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₂- (compare English wold, Lithuanian váltis (“oat awn”), Serbo-Croatian vlȃt (“ear (of wheat)”), Ancient Greek λάσιος (lásios, “hairy”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
folt m (genitive singular foilt, nominative plural foilt)
Declension
Derived terms
- claonfholt m (“flowing locks”)
- folt bé (“maidenhair”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
folt | fholt | bhfolt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 24, page 14
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “folt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Manx
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
folt m (genitive singular fuilt, plural fuilt)
- hair
- Ta’n folt echey ny hassoo er.
- His hair sticks up.
- Ta’n folt echey tuittym magh.
- His hair is falling out.
- Ta’n folt eck cass-lhoobagh.
- Her hair is thickly curled.
- Ta’n folt eck sheeley sheese y dreeym eck.
- Her hair is hanging down her back.
- Va’n folt echey baarit dy lhome.
- His hair was cut close.
- Va’n folt echey tuittym neose harrish e gheayltyn.
- His hair fell over his shoulders.
Mutation
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
folt | olt | volt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French folet (“fool”).
Noun
folt (plural folts)
- a fool
Derived terms
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *woltos (compare Cornish gols, Old Breton guolt, Welsh gwallt), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₂- (compare English wold, Lithuanian váltis (“oat awn”), Serbo-Croatian vlȃt (“ear (of wheat)”), Ancient Greek λάσιος (lásios, “hairy”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
folt m (genitive fuilt, nominative plural fuilt)
Inflection
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | folt | foltL | fuiltL |
Vocative | fuilt | foltL | fultuH |
Accusative | foltN | foltL | fultuH |
Genitive | fuiltL | folt | foltN |
Dative | foltL | foltaib | foltaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
folt | ḟolt | folt pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
folt n (plural folturi)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) folt | foltul | (niște) folturi | folturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) folt | foltului | (unor) folturi | folturilor |
vocative | foltule | folturilor |
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English volt, from the name of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.
Pronunciation
Noun
folt m (plural foltau or foltiau, not mutable)
Derived terms
- foltedd (“voltage”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “folt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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