almsach

Irish

Etymology

From almsa (“alms”) +‎ -ach (nominal suffix).

Noun

almsach m (genitive singular almsaigh, nominative plural almsaigh)

1. almsman

Declension

Declension of almsach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative almsach almsaigh Vocative a almsaigh a almsacha Genitive almsaigh almsach Dative almsach almsaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-almsach na halmsaigh Genitive an almsaigh na n-almsach Dative leis an almsach don almsach leis na halmsaigh

Coordinate terms

• banalmsach m (“almswoman”)

Related terms

• almsóir m (“almoner”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “almsach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “almsanach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language