Éimin

Irish

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman), from Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (“right; right hand”).

Proper noun

Éimin f (genitive Éimin)

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Poblacht Éimin)

Declension

Declension of Éimin

Fourth declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Éimin Genitive na hÉimin Dative leis an Éimin don Éimin

Derived terms

• Éimineach (“Yemeni, Yemenite”, adjective)
• Éimineach m (“Yemeni, Yemenite”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “Yemen”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “Éimin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.