Lireyänapük

Volapük

Etymology

Compound of Lireyäna (“of Ireland”), genitive singular of Lireyän (“Ireland”) + pük (“language”) (morpheme structure: Lireyän (“Ireland”) (bound morpheme Lirey (“Ireland”) + -än (“land / country”)) + -a (“genitive morpheme”) + pük (“language”) = Lireyänapük (Ireland's language))

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [li.ɾe.jɛ.na.ˈpyk]

Hyphenation: Li‧re‧yä‧na‧pük

Proper noun

Lireyänapük

Irish (language), Irish Gaelic

Declension

declension of Lireyänapük

	singular
nominative	Lireyänapük
genitive	Lireyänapüka
dative	Lireyänapüke
accusative	Lireyänapüki
vocative ¹	o Lireyänapük!
predicative ²	Lireyänapüku

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

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