Éigipt
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish Égept, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (compare 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)) (perhaps via Minoan), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The Temple of the ka of Ptah”), initially referring to the prominent temple in the city of Memphis, once capital in the Middle Kingdom.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editan Éigipt f (genitive na hÉigipte)
- Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia; official name: Poblacht Arabach na hÉigipte)
Declension
editDeclension of Éigipt
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- Éigipteach (“Egyptian”)
- Éigipteolaíocht f (“Egyptology”)
- Éigiptis f (“the Egyptian language”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Éigipt | nÉigipt | hÉigipt | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Irish terms derived from Egyptian
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish proper nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- ga:Egypt
- ga:Countries in Africa
- ga:Countries
- ga:Countries in Asia
- Irish second-declension nouns