éimír

See also: éimir

Irish

Etymology

From Old French emir, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).

Noun

éimír m (genitive singular éimír, nominative plural éimírí)

1. emir

Declension

Declension of éimír

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative éimír éimírí Vocative a éimír a éimírí Genitive éimír éimírí Dative éimír éimírí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-éimír na héimírí Genitive an éimír na n-éimírí Dative leis an éimír don éimír leis na héimírí

Derived terms

• éimíríocht f (“emirate”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éimír”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “éimír” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.