ireas

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”).

Noun

ireas m (genitive singular iris, nominative plural iris)

1. (botany) iris

Declension

Declension of ireas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ireas iris Vocative a iris a ireasa Genitive iris ireas Dative ireas iris

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ireas na hiris Genitive an iris na n-ireas Dative leis an ireas don ireas leis na hiris

Synonyms

• glóiriam m

Related terms

• feileastram m (“(wild) iris, flag”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ireas f (genitive singular irise)

1. Alternative form of iris (“belief, faith, religion”)

Declension

Declension of ireas

Second declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an ireas Genitive na hirise Dative leis an ireas don ireas

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ireas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN