almsa

Irish

Alternative forms

• almsain

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

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an almsa Genitive na halmsan Dative leis an almsa don almsa

Derived terms

• almsach m (“almsman”)
• almsóir m (“almoner”)

Related terms

• almsóireacht f (“(act of) almsgiving”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
almsa	n-almsa	halmsa	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) “almsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “almsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language