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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish almont, from Anglo-Norman almande, from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of unknown origin.
Noun
almóinn f (genitive singular almóinne, nominative plural almóinní)
- almond
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| almóinn
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n-almóinn
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halmóinn
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “almóinn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “almont”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “almóinn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society