Eanáir

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iānuārius. Akin to English January.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan̪ˠɑːɾʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈan̠ʲəɾʲ/[1]

Proper noun

Eanáir m (genitive Eanáir, nominative plural Eanáirí)

  1. January (first month of the Gregorian calendar)

Declension

Declension of Eanáir (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Eanáir Eanáirí
vocative a Eanáir a Eanáirí
genitive Eanáir Eanáirí
dative Eanáir Eanáirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tEanáir na hEanáirí
genitive an Eanáir na nEanáirí
dative leis an Eanáir
don Eanáir 		leis na hEanáirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eanáir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Eanáir nEanáir hEanáir tEanáir

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

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974) A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 273

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