alt

Irish (Donegal)

/al̪ˠt̪ˠ/

noun
Definitions
  • (carpentry) joint; juncture
  • (anatomy) joint, knuckle
  • knot in wood
  • hillock
  • bit of land, tobacco, etc.
  • stumpy person
  • paragraph; section of act, etc.
  • (grammar) article; clause

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish alt (joint, articulation, cliff, shore) inherited from Proto-Celtic *ɸaltom (joint) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light), *pel- (dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pel-

Gloss

dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

皮, 膚, 肌

Emoji

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