almsa

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish almsa, from Old Irish almsan, from Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna, alteration of Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”); see there for further etymology.

Noun

almsa f (genitive singular almsan)

  1. alms

Declension

Declension of almsa (fifth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative almsa
vocative a almsa
genitive almsan
dative almsa
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an almsa
genitive na halmsan
dative leis an almsa
don almsa

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of almsa
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
almsa n-almsa halmsa not applicable

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

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