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

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  • Entries containing “Alsáis” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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