Alasdair

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈælɪsdə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈælɪsdɚ/ === Proper noun === Alasdair A male given name from Scottish Gaelic. == Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === Alastair === Etymology === From Old Irish Alaxander, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). === Pronunciation === (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈal̪ˠəs̪t̪əð/ (Harris, Uist, Islay, Wester Ross, Sutherland) IPA(key): /ˈal̪ˠəs̪t̪ɪɾʲ/ (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈɛl̪ˠəs̪t̪ɪɾʲ/, [ˈe̯æl̪ˠəs̪t̪æɾʲ~ˈe̯æl̪ˠəs̪t̪æʒ] (as if spelled Ealasdair) (Skye, Easter Ross) IPA(key): /ˈal̪ˠɪs̪t̪ɪɾʲ/ (Tiree) IPA(key): [ˈɛl̪ˠɪs̪t̪ɪç] (as if spelled Ealasdair) (Argyll) IPA(key): /ˈal̪ˠəs̪t̪əɾ/ === Proper noun === Alasdair m a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander ==== Descendants ==== → English: Alastair, Alistair, Allistair, Allistaire, Allister, Alastor → Scots: Alistair === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, editor (1994), Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland, volume II, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 58-59