altranas

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish altrannas m (“fostering, fosterage, nurture”), from altra n or f (“foster-father”). === Noun === altranas m (genitive singular altranais) nursing ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== banaltracht ==== Derived terms ==== bord altranais m (“nursing board”) teach altranais m (“nursing home”) === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “altranas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altrannas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language