Alsáis

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Irish

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Etymology

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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

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an Alsáis f (genitive na hAlsáise)

  1. Alsace

Declension

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Declension of Alsáis (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Alsáis
vocative a Alsáis
genitive Alsáise
dative Alsáis
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Alsáis
genitive na hAlsáise
dative leis an Alsáis
don Alsáis

Derived terms

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Mutation

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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

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  • Alsáis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024