albatras

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch albatros.

Noun

albatras (first-person possessive albatrasku, second-person possessive albatrasmu, third-person possessive albatrasnya)

1. albatross

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English albatross, from Portuguese alcatraz (“gannet”).

Noun

albatras m (genitive singular albatrais, nominative plural albatrais)

1. (bird) albatross
2. (golf) albatross, double eagle

   Synonym: iolar dúbailte

Declension

Declension of albatras

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative albatras albatrais Vocative a albatrais a albatrasa Genitive albatrais albatras Dative albatras albatrais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-albatras na halbatrais Genitive an albatrais na n-albatras Dative leis an albatras don albatras leis na halbatrais

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “albatras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “albatross”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “albatras”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm