Alsáiseach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From An Alsáis (“Alsace”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]Alsáiseach (genitive singular masculine Alsáisigh, genitive singular feminine Alsáisí, plural Alsáiseacha, not comparable)
- Alsatian (from Alsace)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | Alsáiseach | Alsáiseach | Alsáiseacha | |
vocative | Alsáisigh | Alsáiseacha | ||
genitive | Alsáisí | Alsáiseacha | Alsáiseach | |
dative | Alsáiseach | Alsáiseach; Alsáisigh (archaic) |
Alsáiseacha | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
Derived terms
[edit]- madra Alsáiseach (“Alsatian dog”)
Noun
[edit]Alsáiseach m (genitive singular Alsáisigh, nominative plural Alsáisigh)
- Alsatian (person from Alsace)
- Alsatian, German Shepherd (dog)
- Synonym: madra Alsáiseach
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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Alsáiseach | nAlsáiseach | hAlsáiseach | tAlsáiseach |
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]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Alsáiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Alsáiseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Alsáiseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024