"dalta" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

Forms: dalta [genitive, singular], daltan [plural], daltachan [plural], daltaichean [plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish daltae. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|daltae}} Old Irish daltae Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|dalta|||||||plural|daltan|or|daltachan|or|daltaichean||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} dalta m (genitive singular dalta, plural daltan or daltachan or daltaichean), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=dalta|pl=daltan|pl2=daltachan|pl3=daltaichean}} dalta m (genitive singular dalta, plural daltan or daltachan or daltaichean)
  1. stepchild Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dalta-gd-noun-uczNa~jh
  2. foster child, fosterling Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dalta-gd-noun-T7NQk6YI Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, People Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 9 84 8 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 0
  3. godchild Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dalta-gd-noun-KZ5Os1Pc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: daltachas, daltachd, daltag, daltan
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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        "25": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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    }
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      ]
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          "godchild"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    },
    {
      "word": "daltachd"
    },
    {
      "word": "daltag"
    },
    {
      "word": "daltan"
    }
  ],
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        "stepchild"
      ],
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        [
          "stepchild",
          "stepchild"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "foster child, fosterling"
      ],
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          "foster child",
          "foster child"
        ],
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          "fosterling",
          "fosterling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "godchild"
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}

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