Proper noun
Éire f (genitive Éireann)
- Ireland (an island in Europe)
- Ireland (a country in Europe)
Usage notes
The definite article is used only in the genitive case. This is one of the few nouns in Irish with a distinct dative case in the standard language.
Inflection
More information Case, Singular ...
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Mutation
More information Irish mutation, Radical ...
Irish mutation |
Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Éire |
nÉire |
hÉire |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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References
Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 95
Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 107