Gearmáin

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Germáin, from Latin Germānia.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟaɾˠəˈmˠɑːnʲ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɟɛɾˠəmˠɑːnʲ/[2]
  • (Connemara, Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəmˠɑːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəmˠaːnʲ/

Proper noun

An Ghearmáin f (genitive na Gearmáine)

  1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany; official name: Poblacht Chónaidhme na Gearmáine)

Usage notes

Always preceded by the definite article.

Declension

Declension of Gearmáin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Gearmáin
vocative a Ghearmáin
genitive Gearmáine
dative Gearmáin
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Ghearmáin
genitive na Gearmáine
dative leis an nGearmáin
don Ghearmáin

Derived terms

  • an Ghearmáin Thiar (“West Germany”)
  • an Ghearmáin Thoir (“East Germany”)
  • Gearmáinis f (“German (language)”)
  • Gearmánach (“German”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gearmáin
radical lenition eclipsis
Gearmáin Ghearmáin nGearmáin

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Germáin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133

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