malairt

== Irish == === Alternative forms === mallrait, malraid, malrait === Etymology === From Middle Irish malart, malairt (“damage, injury, destruction: maltreating, injuring”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑl̪ˠəɾˠtʲ/ (Connacht) see: malraid (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɔlˠəɾˠtʲ/ === Noun === malairt f (genitive singular malairte or malarta, nominative plural malairtí or malairteacha or malarta(cha)) change; alternative (finance) exchange ==== Declension ==== Alternative genitive singular: malarta Alternative plural forms: malairteacha, malarta, malartacha ==== Derived terms ==== malairt slí (“detour”) malartóir m (“exchanger”) ==== Related terms ==== malartach (“changeable”, adjective) malartán m (“changeling; exchange”) malartaigh (“to destroy”, verb) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “malairt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 704; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “malairt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Scottish Gaelic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmal̪ˠərˠʃtʲ/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Irish malart, malairt (“destruction”). ==== Noun ==== malairt f (genitive singular malairt, plural malairtean) interchange, trade exchange barter, business, commerce traffic (illegal trade) variant verbal noun of malairt === Etymology 2 === From Middle Irish malartaid (“changes; exchanges, barters”), from Old Irish malartaid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”). ==== Verb ==== malairt (past mhalairt, future malairtidh, verbal noun malairt, past participle malairte) bandy, exchange Synonym: malairtich === Mutation ===