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 singular plural nominative almsach almsaigh vocative a almsaigh a almsacha genitive almsaigh almsach dative almsach almsaigh forms with the definite article 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

Mutated forms of almsach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
almsach	n-almsach	halmsach	t-almsach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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