almus

See also: Almus

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German halmosen or German Almosen.

Noun

almus (genitive almuse, partitive almust)

1. alms

Declension

Declension of almus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	almus	almused
accusative	almuse	almused
genitive	almuse	almuste
partitive	almust	almuseid
illative	almusesse	almustesse almuseisse
inessive	almuses	almustes almuseis
elative	almusest	almustest almuseist
allative	almusele	almustele almuseile
adessive	almusel	almustel almuseil
ablative	almuselt	almustelt almuseilt
translative	almuseks	almusteks almuseiks
terminative	almuseni	almusteni
essive	almusena	almustena
abessive	almuseta	almusteta
comitative	almusega	almustega

Declension of almus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	almus	almused
accusative	almuse	almused
genitive	almuse	almuste
partitive	almust	almusi
illative	almusse almusesse	almustesse almusisse
inessive	almuses	almustes almusis
elative	almusest	almustest almusist
allative	almusele	almustele almusile
adessive	almusel	almustel almusil
ablative	almuselt	almustelt almusilt
translative	almuseks	almusteks almusiks
terminative	almuseni	almusteni
essive	almusena	almustena
abessive	almuseta	almusteta
comitative	almusega	almustega

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). Cognate of alō, alumnus, and oleō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.mus/, [ˈäɫ̪mʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.mus/, [ˈälmus]

Adjective

almus (feminine alma, neuter almum); first/second-declension adjective

1. nourishing
2. kind
3. propitious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	almus	alma	almum		almī	almae	alma
Genitive	almī	almae	almī		almōrum	almārum	almōrum
Dative	almō		almō		almīs
Accusative	almum	almam	almum		almōs	almās	alma
Ablative	almō	almā	almō		almīs
Vocative	alme	alma	almum		almī	almae	alma

Derived terms

• Almus Spīritus

Descendants

• → Italian: almo (learned)
• Spanish: almo

References

• “almus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “almus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• almus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• almus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “almus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]