almsóireacht

Irish

Etymology

From almsóir (“almoner, alms-giver”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

almsóireacht f (genitive singular almsóireachta)

1. (act of) alms-giving

Declension

Declension of almsóireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative almsóireacht vocative a almsóireacht genitive almsóireachta dative almsóireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an almsóireacht genitive na halmsóireachta dative leis an almsóireacht don almsóireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of almsóireacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
almsóireacht	n-almsóireacht	halmsóireacht	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) “almsóireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “almsóireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm