See also: Éirinn

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish Érinn, the dative of Ériu, from Old Irish Ériu. Cognates include Irish Éire and Manx Nerin.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Èirinn f

  1. Ireland (a country in Europe)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Èirinn n-Èirinn h-Èirinn t-Èirinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “Èirinn”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 724