Airméin
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Armenia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía) (early 5th century BC), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /armina/) (late 6th century BC); see it for more.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editan Arméin f (genitive na hAirméine)
- Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe; official name: Poblacht na hAirméine)
Declension
editDeclension of Arméin
Derived terms
edit- Airméanach (“Armenian”, adjective)
- Airméanach m (“Armenian”)
- Airméinis f (“the Armenian language”)
Related terms
edit- Poblacht na Nagarna-Carabaice f (“Nagorno-Karabakh Republic”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
Airméin | nAirméin | hAirméin | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- “Armenia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Airméin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm