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Webster 1913 Edition


eire

eire

,
Noun.
Air.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


Éire

Éire

See also: eire and Eire

Irish

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Éire f (genitive Éireann)

  1. Ireland (both the island and the republic)

Inflection

Usage notes

The definite article is used only in the genitive case. This is one of the few nouns in Irish with a distinct dative case in the standard language.

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Éire nÉire hÉire unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.