altraim

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Verb

altraim (past dh'altraim, future altraimidh, verbal noun altram, past participle altraimte)

1. nurse
2. nourish, foster, maintain, educate
3. cherish

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “altraim”, 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), “1 altram(m)aid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language