almóir

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

almóir m (genitive singular almóra, nominative plural almóirí)

1. wall-cupboard
2. (architecture) niche

Declension

Declension of almóir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative almóir almóirí Vocative a almóir a almóirí Genitive almóra almóirí Dative almóir almóirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-almóir na halmóirí Genitive an almóra na n-almóirí Dative leis an almóir don almóir leis na halmóirí

Synonyms

• (niche): cuasán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
almóir	n-almóir	halmóir	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) “almóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN