Alsáis
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French Alsace, from Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-Germanic *aljaz (“other”) + *sitjaną (“inhabitant”, literally “sitter”).
Proper noun
[edit]an Alsáis f (genitive na hAlsáise)
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- Alsáiseach (“Alsatian”)
- Alsáisis (“Alsatian”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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Alsáis | nAlsáis | hAlsáis | 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
[edit]- “Alsáis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024