ireas

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”).

Noun

ireas m (genitive singular iris, nominative plural iris)

  1. (botany) iris
Declension
Declension of ireas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ireas iris
vocative a iris a ireasa
genitive iris ireas
dative ireas iris
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ireas na hiris
genitive an iris na n-ireas
dative leis an ireas
don ireas 		leis na hiris
Synonyms
  • glóiriam m

Etymology 2

Noun

ireas f (genitive singular irise)

  1. alternative form of iris (“belief, faith, religion”)
Declension
Declension of ireas (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative ireas
vocative a ireas
genitive irise
dative ireas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ireas
genitive na hirise
dative leis an ireas
don ireas

Mutation

Mutated forms of ireas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ireas n-ireas hireas t-ireas

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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