almsóireacht

Irish

Etymology

From almsóir (“almoner, alms-giver”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

almsóireacht f (genitive singular almsóireachta)

1. (act of) alms-giving

Declension

Declension of almsóireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative almsóireacht Vocative a almsóireacht Genitive almsóireachta Dative almsóireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an almsóireacht Genitive na halmsóireachta Dative leis an almsóireacht don almsóireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
almsóireacht	n-almsóireacht	halmsóireacht	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “almsóireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “almsóireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm