almsóir

Irish

Etymology

From almsa (“alms”) +‎ -óir.

Noun

almsóir m (genitive singular almsóra, nominative plural almsóirí)

1. almoner

Declension

Declension of almsóir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative almsóir almsóirí vocative a almsóir a almsóirí genitive almsóra almsóirí dative almsóir almsóirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-almsóir na halmsóirí genitive an almsóra na n-almsóirí dative leis an almsóir don almsóir leis na halmsóirí

Derived terms

• almsóireacht f (“(act of) almsgiving”)
• banalmsóir m (“lady almoner”)

Related terms

• almsach m (“almsman”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of almsóir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
almsóir	n-almsóir	halmsóir	t-almsóir

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) “almsóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “almoner”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “almsóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm