irer

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Írar m pl (“Irishmen”), borrowed from Old Irish Ériu (“Ireland”), perhaps from Proto-Celtic *Φīweryū (hence Latin Hibernia), from Proto-Indo-European *piH-wer- (“fat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiˀɐ]

Noun

irer c (singular definite ireren, plural indefinite irere)

1. Irishman

   Synonym: irlænder

Declension

Declension of irer

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	irer	ireren	irere	irerne
genitive	irers	irerens	ireres	irernes

Related terms

• Irland
• irsk
• Nordirland

Further reading

• “irer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Verb

īrer

1. first-person singular imperfect passive subjunctive of eō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

irer m

1. indefinite plural of ire