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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfolt] Rhymes: -olt === Noun === folt (plural foltok) stain, spot, blotch patch blemish ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === folt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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 === (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠɞl̪ˠt̪ˠ/, /fˠɞl̪ˠh/ === Noun === folt m (genitive singular foilt, nominative plural foilt) hair (of head); locks, tresses ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== claonfholt m (“flowing locks”) folt bé (“maidenhair”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “folt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Manx == === Etymology === From Old Irish folt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /folt/ === Noun === folt m (genitive singular fuilt, plural fuilt) hair === Mutation === == Middle English == === Alternative forms === folet === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French folet (“fool”). === Noun === folt (plural folts) a fool ==== Derived terms ==== folten, foltin folthēd, foltheed foltisch == 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 === IPA(key): /ˈɸol̪t̪/ === Noun === folt m (genitive fuilt, nominative plural fuilt) hair ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: folt Manx: folt Scottish Gaelic: falt === Mutation === == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hungarian folt. === Noun === folt n (plural folturi) patch rag ==== Declension ==== == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English volt, from the name of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɔlt/ === Noun === folt m (plural foltau or foltiau, not mutable) (physics) volt ==== 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