Ἰέρνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἰϝέρνη (Iwérnē)
• Ἰϝερνία (Iwernía), Ἰουερνία (Iouernía), Ἱβερνία (Hibernía)

Etymology

Borrowed from Primitive Irish *īweriyū and its genitive *īweriyonah (whence probably Éire, see there), from Proto-Celtic *φīweriyū.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iː.ér.nɛː/ → /iˈer.ni/ → /iˈer.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.ér.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈer.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈer.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈer.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈer.ni/

Proper noun

Ῑ̓έρνη • (Īérnē) f (genitive Ῑ̓έρνης); first declension

1. Ireland

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῑ̓έρνη; τῆς Ῑ̓έρνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῑ̓έρνη hē Īérnē
Genitive	τῆς Ῑ̓έρνης tês Īérnēs
Dative	τῇ Ῑ̓έρνῃ têi Īérnēi
Accusative	τὴν Ῑ̓έρνην tḕn Īérnēn
Vocative	Ῑ̓έρνη Īérnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιερνή (Ierní) (archaic)
  • The modern Greek name is Ιρλανδία (Irlandía), which derives from English and Anglo-Latin.
• Latin: Īernē

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014