allait

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.lɛ/

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• Homophones: aller, allé, allée, allés, allées, allais

Verb

allait

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of aller

Anagrams

• aillât, alliât, tailla

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

allait f (genitive singular allaite, nominative plural allaití)

1. shapeless mass, bundle
   1. (by extension) monolith

      Synonym: monailit

2. shapeless, flabby, person
   1. (very informal, offensive) dog (unattractive woman)

      Synonyms: cailleach, cráin

Declension

Declension of allait (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative allait allaití vocative a allait a allaití genitive allaite allaití dative allait allaití forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an allait na hallaití genitive na hallaite na n-allaití dative leis an allait don allait leis na hallaití

Mutation

Mutated forms of allait

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
allait	n-allait	hallait	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “allait”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “allait”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026