almsach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish almsanach, almsach (“alms-giving, charitable”, adjective), from almsan f (“alms”); synchronically almsa (“alms”) +‎ -ach (nominal suffix).

Noun

almsach m (genitive singular almsaigh, nominative plural almsaigh)

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.

References

"almsach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“almsanach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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