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)
- Alsace (a cultural region, former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)
Declension
Declension of Alsáis (second declension, no plural)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of Alsáis
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| Alsáis
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nAlsáis
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hAlsáis
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not applicable
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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