alfraits

Irish

Possibly from Welsh arblas (“crossbow”), from Middle English arblast, arbalest.[1]

alfraits f (genitive singular alfraitse, nominative plural alfraitsí)

Declension of alfraits

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an alfraits	na halfraitsí
Genitive	na halfraitse	na n-alfraitsí
Dative	leis an alfraits don alfraits	leis na halfraitsí

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alfraits	n-alfraits	halfraits	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

T.S. Ó Máille (1966) “Three welsh loans in Modern Irish.”, in Studia Celtica‎, volume 1, number 32, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, pages 33-4

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alfraits”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “alfraits” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “alfraits” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50

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