Ísiltír

See also: ísiltír

Irish

Etymology

íseal (“low”) +‎ tír (“land”), calque of Dutch Nederland

Proper noun

an Ísiltír f (genitive na hÍsiltíre)

1. Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
2. Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten; official name: Ríocht na hÍsiltíre)

Declension

Declension of Ísiltír

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Ísiltír Vocative a Ísiltír Genitive Ísiltíre Dative Ísiltír

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Ísiltír Genitive na hÍsiltíre Dative leis an Ísiltír don Ísiltír

Derived terms

• Ísiltíreach
• Ísiltíris

Related terms

• Dúitseach
• Ollainn

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ísiltír	nÍsiltír	hÍsiltír	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.