almast

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑːlˈmɑːst/

Noun

almast m or f (Arabic spelling ئالماست‎)

  1. Alternative form of almas (“diamond”)

Declension
Declension of almast
Definite feminine and masculine gender
Case Feminine (sg) Masculine (sg) Plural
Nominative almast almast almast
Construct almasta almastê almastên
Oblique almastê almastî almastan
Demonstrative oblique wê almastê wî almastî wan almastan
Vocative almastê almasto almastino
Indefinite feminine and masculine gender
Rewş Feminine (sg) Masculine (sg) Plural
Nominative almastek almastek almastin
Construct almasteke almastekî almastine
Oblique almastekê almastekî almastinan

References
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “almast”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 7

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

Etymology

In Hugsvinnsmál compare ókunna menn né ölmosur “unknown men or beggars”; English alms.

Pronunciation

Adjective

almast

  1. Needy, of little means.[1]

Derived terms
  • almasjöun, almęsjugn (“pauper”)

References
  1. Lindgren, J. V., 1940, “*allmost adj. btr àlmást”, in Orbok över Burträskmålet, page 3
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