Èirinn

See also: Éirinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish Érinn, the dative of Ériu, from Old Irish Ériu. Cognates include Irish Éire and Manx Nerin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːɾʲɪɲ/

Proper noun

Èirinn f

  1. Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Èirinn (irregular feminine proper noun)
singular
nominative Èirinn
genitive (na h-)Èireann
dative Èirinn
vocative Èirinn

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of Èirinn
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Èirinn n-Èirinn h-Èirinn t-Èirinn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “Èirinn”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 724
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