Alsáis

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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, no plural)
bare forms
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

Mutated forms of Alsáis
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Alsáis nAlsáis hAlsáis 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

  • “Alsáis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
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