# altram
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish altram, an older verbal noun of ailid (“nourishes; rears, fosters”) (compare oiliúint f).

### Noun

altram m (genitive singular altrama)
* fosterage

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
altram
vocative
a altram
genitive
altrama
dative
altram
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an t-altram
genitive
an altrama
dative
leis an altram don altram :

#### Derived terms

* altramacht f (“fosterage”)
* altramaí m (“fosterer, foster-parent”)
* altramaigh (“foster”, verb)
* altramas m (“fosterage”)
* altramú m (“fosterage”)
* athair altrama m (“foster-father”)
* bean altrama f (“wet nurse”)
* craobh altrama f (“stock”)
* leanbh altrama m (“foster-child”)
* mac altrama m (“foster-son”)
* máthair altrama f (“foster-mother”)

#### See also

* buime f (“foster-mother, nurse”)
* comhalta m (“foster-brother, foster-sister”)
* dalta m (“foster-child”)
* daltán m (“(little) foster-child; young pupil”)
* máithrigh (“mother, bear; foster”, verb)
* oide m (“foster-father”)
* oil (“nourish, rear, foster; train, educate”, verb)
* oiliúint f (“nurture, upbringing, fostering care”)
* oiliúnach (“nurturing, fostering”, adjective)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “altram”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altram(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* altramm

### Etymology

From *altar m (“fosterage”), which occurs in compounds such as míaltar (“bad fosterage”), from Proto-Celtic *altrom.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈal͈tram]

### Noun

altram m (genitive altrama)
* verbal noun of ailid

#### Inflection

Masculine u-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | altram | altram$^L$ | altramae |
| Vocative | altram | altram$^L$ | altramu |
| Accusative | altram$^N$ | altram$^L$ | altramu |
| Genitive | altramo$^H$, altrama$^H$ | altramo, altrama | altramae$^N$ |
| Dative | altram$^L$ | altramaib | altramaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Descendants

* Irish: altram
* Scottish Gaelic: altram

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 731, page 452; reprinted 2017

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altram(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish altram, verbal noun of ailid (“nourishes; rears, fosters”).

### Noun

altram m (genitive singular altraim)
* verbal noun of altraim
* fostering, nourishing, nursing, rearing

#### Derived terms

* bràthair-altraim m (“foster-brother”)
* leanabh-altraim m (“foster-child, nursling”)
* màthair-altraim f (“nurse”)
* oide-altraim m (“foster-father”)
* seòmar-altraim m (“nursery”)
* taigh-altraim m (“nursing home”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “altram”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altram(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language