Aisiria

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρίᾱ (Assuríā), from Akkadian Aššūrāyu, from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”).

Proper noun

an Aisiria f (genitive na hAisiria)

  1. (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Aisiria
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Aisiria nAisiria hAisiria not applicable

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

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