Eilvéis

Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Helvētia. Compare Scottish Gaelic Eilbheis, Manx Elveeish.

Proper noun

An Eilvéis f (genitive na hEilvéise)

  1. Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe; official name: Cónaidhm na hEilvéise)

Declension

Always found with the definite article

Declension of Eilvéis (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Eilvéis
vocative a Eilvéis
genitive Eilvéise
dative Eilvéis
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Eilvéis
genitive na hEilvéise
dative leis an Eilvéis
don Eilvéis

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eilvéis
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Eilvéis nEilvéis hEilvéis 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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