éirí

See also: eiri, Eiri, and EIRI

Irish

Alternative forms

• éirghe (superseded)
• éirghiú

Etymology

From Middle Irish éirge (verbal noun of éirgid (“to rise”)), from Old Irish éirge (verbal noun of at·reig (“to rise”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əiˈɾʲiː/, [ëiˈɾʲiː]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈəiɾʲiː/, /ˈəiɾʲə/

Noun

éirí m (genitive singular éirí)

1. verbal noun of éirigh
2. rising, rise

   éirí (na) gealaí ― moonrise

   éirí (na) gréine ― sunrise

3. (physiology) erection

Declension

Declension of éirí

Fourth declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-éirí Genitive an éirí Dative leis an éirí don éirí

Derived terms

• aiséirí

Verb

éirí

1. present subjunctive of éirigh

   go n-éirí an bóthar leat

   May the journey be successful for you (popularly mistranslated as "May the road rise to meet you"), bon voyage

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “éirġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 284
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éirí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “éirí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “éirí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024