almóinn

Irish

Alternative forms

• almóid

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.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɑl̪ˠˈmˠoːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠmˠoːn̠ʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠmˠɔn̠ʲ/

Noun

almóinn f (genitive singular almóinne, nominative plural almóinní)

1. almond

Declension

Declension of almóinn (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative almóinn almóinní vocative a almóinn a almóinní genitive almóinne almóinní dative almóinn almóinní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an almóinn na halmóinní genitive na halmóinne na n-almóinní dative leis an almóinn don almóinn leis na halmóinní

Mutation

Mutated forms of almóinn

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
almóinn	n-almóinn	halmóinn	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) “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