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

Declension

Declension of Alsáis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) 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

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Alsáis	nAlsáis	hAlsáis	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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