See also: Almus

Estonian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German halmosen or German Almosen.

Noun edit

almus (genitive almuse, partitive almust)

  1. alms

Declension edit

Declension of almus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative almus almused
accusative nom.
gen. almuse
genitive almuste
partitive almust almuseid
illative almusesse almustesse
almuseisse
inessive almuses almustes
almuseis
elative almusest almustest
almuseist
allative almusele almustele
almuseile
adessive almusel almustel
almuseil
ablative almuselt almustelt
almuseilt
translative almuseks almusteks
almuseiks
terminative almuseni almusteni
essive almusena almustena
abessive almuseta almusteta
comitative almusega almustega
Declension of almus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative almus almused
accusative nom.
gen. almuse
genitive almuste
partitive almust almusi
illative almusse
almusesse
almustesse
almusisse
inessive almuses almustes
almusis
elative almusest almustest
almusist
allative almusele almustele
almusile
adessive almusel almustel
almusil
ablative almuselt almustelt
almusilt
translative almuseks almusteks
almusiks
terminative almuseni almusteni
essive almusena almustena
abessive almuseta almusteta
comitative almusega almustega

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (to grow, nourish). Cognate of alō, alumnus, and oleō.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

almus (feminine alma, neuter almum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. nourishing
  2. kind
  3. propitious

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative almus alma almum almī almae alma
Genitive almī almae almī almōrum almārum almōrum
Dative almō almō almīs
Accusative almum almam almum almōs almās alma
Ablative almō almā almō almīs
Vocative alme alma almum almī almae alma

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Italian: almo (learned)
  • Spanish: almo

References edit

  • almus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • almus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • almus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • almus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • almus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]