Alsáis

Irish

Etymology

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

an Alsáis f (genitive na hAlsáise)

1. Alsace (a cultural region, former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)

Declension

Declension of Alsáis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative Alsáis vocative a Alsáis genitive Alsáise dative Alsáis forms with the definite article singular nominative an Alsáis genitive na hAlsáise dative leis an Alsáis don Alsáis

Derived terms

• Alsáiseach (“Alsatian”)
• Alsáisis (“Alsatian”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Alsáis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
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

• “Alsáis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025