Almáinis

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

Almáinis f (genitive Almáinise)

1. (literary) German

   Synonym: Gearmáinis

Declension

Declension of Almáinis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Almáinis vocative a Almáinis genitive Almáinise dative Almáinis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Almáinis genitive na hAlmáinise dative leis an Almáinis don Almáinis

Mutation

Mutated forms of Almáinis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Almáinis	nAlmáinis	hAlmáinis	not applicable

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) “Almáinis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN