almsa

Irish

Alternative forms

• almsain

Etymology

From Middle Irish almsa, from Old Irish almsan, from Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “I have mercy”), from ἔλεος (éleos, “mercy”).

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