almóir

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

almóir m (genitive singular almóra, nominative plural almóirí)

1. wall-cupboard
2. (architecture) niche

Declension

Declension of almóir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative almóir almóirí vocative a almóir a almóirí genitive almóra almóirí dative almóir almóirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-almóir na halmóirí genitive an almóra na n-almóirí dative leis an almóir don almóir leis na halmóirí

Synonyms

• (niche): cuasán

Mutation

Mutated forms of almóir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
almóir	n-almóir	halmóir	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “almóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN