īrs

See also: IRS

Latvian

Etymology

Via some other European language (probably Germanic; cf. Old Norse írar, Old English Īras, German Ire), ultimately from Old Irish Ériu (“Ireland”) (Irish Éire).

Pronunciation

Noun

īrs m (1st declension, feminine form: īriete)

  1. an Irishman
    tikties ar īriem ― to meet with Irishmen
    īri ir viena no Eiropas nācijām, kas cēlusies no ķeltiem ― the Irish are one of the nations of Europe that descend from the Celts
    Džordžs Bernards Šovs, pēc tautības īrs, dzimis Dublinā ― George Bernard Shaw, by ethnicity an Irishman, was born in Dublin
  2. (genitive plural) Irish, pertaining to Ireland and its people
    īru valoda ― the Irish language
    īru literatūra ― Irish literature

Declension

Declension of īrs (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative īrs īri
genitive īra īru
dative īram īriem
accusative īru īrus
instrumental īru īriem
locative īrā īros
vocative īr īri
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